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Hell Is Other Parents: And Other Tales Of Maternal Combustion (2009)

by Deborah Copaken Kogan(Favorite Author)

3.06 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1401340814 (ISBN13: 9781401340810)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Hachette Books

review 1: You know, even though I've finished reading this book, I think I'm going to continue to carry a copy around just to SCARE PEOPLE. The title is big, bold and black on a bright yellow background, and that alone might give your average, nosy, unasked-for-advice-giving mom pause. I think this author is hiLARious, she's my kind of girl, and I loved her writing style. I agree with other reviewers, the implication is that this will be a book full of funny essays of judgmental parents the author has crossed paths with, and it isn't. And normally that kind of thing bugs me, but I enjoyed her writing so much, I didn't mind. Just know that this book is full of funny essays about motherhood, being married with children, living in New York City, challenges of parenting kids of differen... moret ages, and more.
review 2: The problem with books of humorous essays is that they are so uneven. The first few in this book were great. I enjoyed the author's adventures in mothering. They were well-written, clever, funny. But the last three I really didn't care for. I think it was the change of focus. The first stories focused on being a parent. The last three mostly were about her: her life in college, her life and lovers in Paris, her relationship with her husband. They were more introspectively serious, and I just didn't care for that tone as much. less

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