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Summary: Not Quite What I Expected, But Enjoyable
Review: I'm not sure what I thought I was getting when I bought the book. Maybe more of a "how-to" book with specific instructions on how to stay sane as mother (wouldn't that be nice?!). And while Ariel doesn't give you a "how-to" in steps, she does have some insightful advice on how to take care of yourself as a mother and how to set your own expectations of being a mother vs. what the world expects of you. She's a bit more liberal in her lifestyle than me, but her message about being a mother should speak to just about any mother at stage/style of life.
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Summary: Not Quite What I Expected, But Enjoyable
Review: I'm not sure what I thought I was getting when I bought the book. Maybe more of a "how-to" book with specific instructions on how to stay sane as mother (wouldn't that be nice?!). And while Ariel doesn't give you a "how-to" in steps, she does have some insightful advice on how to take care of yourself as a mother and how to set your own expectations of being a mother vs. what the world expects of you. She's a bit more liberal in her lifestyle than me, but her message about being a mother should speak to just about any mother at stage/style of life.
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Summary: Not alone
Review: I'm relieved to see I am not alone in not liking this book, The Mother Trip. I had a very negative gut reaction to this book. It just makes me feel out of sorts and a little queasy. It reads FAKE to me. The Mother Trip isn't anything I'd have represent me or my adventures in mamahood. I wouldn't recommend this book. I can't think of anything I liked about it.
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Summary: Mama, you need to buy this book!
Review: If you're feeling overwhelmed and under appreciated in the motherhood gig, this book was written just for you. It will renew your vigor for parenting and help you see the importance of taking great care of yourself as you take care of your children.No matter your age, race, income or any other defining detail, this book will speak to you. Like the work of mothering itself, it will make you laugh, cry, think, reflect and grow.
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Summary: Validation for real mothers
Review: If you, like me, don't fit neatly into one of the predetermined stereotypes of motherhood that the media and other cultural pundits would have you wear like a label, this is the book for you. As I read this book, I nodded, agreed out loud, called friends to read passages, and found myself enjoying it more than anything I've read in a long, long time. Ariel Gore "gets" motherhood in a way that no one else does. Yet in her validation of mothers as individuals apart from their maternal roles, she never denigrates the importance or sanctity of the mother-child bond. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Katie Allison Granju Author, "Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child"
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Summary: The Mother Trip
Review: Just knowing that there is one strong, feminist, political mother out there was enough to bring tears to my eyes as I read this book.
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Summary: Helped to save my mama spirit
Review: Reading this book is like stumbling across an all-night diner after driving for hours on a long, dark highway. It is like a siren-song luring you away from mama guilt and martyrdom, with headings like: "Beware Of Those Who Talk Of Sacrifice Oh, it is such a good book! After a long day with a 4 year-old and a new baby, and the isolation that can come along with the career of mothering, reading this book helped me to feel connected with other mothers who share the same experiences as me, but more importantly it helped me feel re-connected with myself. I would whole-heartedly recommend this book to anyone.
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Summary: Another great book!
Review: She did it again! After you get this one check out my new book, The Single Mother's Survival Guide. Another book for the hip mama's of the world! God Bless ya...Patrice Karst the author of God Made Easy and The Single Mother's Survival Guide and the Invisible String.
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Summary: Yeah, it sure motivated me
Review: Thank you, Ariel Gore, for motivating me. Yeah, the Mother Trip motivated me to leave the hipmama.com webcommunity (collective), to cancel my zine subscription, to spend more time with my real life family and friends, to clean up the mess in my house and to embrace life free of the stupidity and ignorance that has encrusted all things hipmama.Any mama could have written this book and any mama, other than Ms. Gore, should have, for it would have been more interesting, real and less self congratulatory. And just what is Ms. Gore congratulating herself for anyhow? Self chosen poverty, single parenthood, slackerhood and subversiveness does not make a mama hip. If you want to read more hypocrisy, feel degraded, get caught in ugly and berating personal wars just because you express an opinion that rubs against the grains of the hipsters at hipmama, visit the webcommunity and save your money.I do give Gore 1 star for motivating me to get on with a real life and for actually writing and submitting this book for publication.
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Summary: Different babies, different mamas... it's all good
Review: Thanks Ariel for writing such a kick-ass book. This book helped me to totally relax and realize I am doing what is right for me and my baby and have been doing it all along. Also, it helps to hear wanting ME-time is not selfish but keeps you sane. Some of the ideas in this book were things I was feeling but couldn't put into words. I passed this book along to my sister who also let out a little sigh of relief. We both agree that the time is now for redefining motherhood. In this sense Ariel's book is revolutionary.
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