The Motherload: When Your Life's on Spin Cycle and You Just Can't Get the Lid Up!

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Summary: Two bitter women
Review: My wife picked up this book somewhere. I took a look through it, and was surprised at the bitterness that passes for humor. Such scheming and mental manipulation of family members I have never seen openly joked about in print this way. The co-writers mistakenly assume that most other woman are like them. They need to stop congratulating themselves on their own cleverness and concentrate on the positivity in life--or they should get some help.

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Summary: Funny at times, but makes parenthood look depressing...
Review: The authors can be very clever, but most of the jokes seem to come at the expense of the children that they created and raised. Is parenthood really this much of an unpleasant chore, and are women STILL stuck in such stereotypical roles? Not in my circles. If you don't have children, beware, this book could scare you away from parenting.

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Summary: Good medicine for overwhelmed moms
Review: These funny, irreverent women help other mothers to find the humor in the mundane trials and tribulations of raising children. Whenever you start thinking you're not the perfect mother you wanted to be or that your kids aren't the perfect kids you wanted them to be, read another chapter of this book. Caryl and Marilyn will make you laugh and make you feel better about yourself and your family. Even if your life is perfect, read the book anyway. It will still make you laugh.