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Minus Nine to One
by
Jools Oliver
Being pregnant for the first time changed Jools Oliver's life. Having longed for children since before she can remember, she was suddenly faced with an array of unfamiliar, unexpected and sometimes downright embarrassing emotional and physical reactions. And when Poppy (and a year later Daisy) was born she had to learn a whole new set of skills.
From trying to conceive and...more
From trying to conceive and...more
320 pages
Published
May 4th 2006
by Penguin
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If every book/novel that I read was this honest and from the heart then they would do much better. This book is written by Jools Oliver who is Jamie Oliver's wife, the talented naked chef and all the other great shows since then... That being said the books success is all her own. She is incredibly candid and lets you in on all of the ups and downs of her pregnancy and raising their two beautiful girls. You actually get quite disappointed that you are done the book so fast, it such a great read...more
I read this book during my first pregnancy and I found it extremely amusing and entertaining to read Jool's take on pregnancy and the first 12 months of her firstborns life. I loved the light hearted way she laughed at herself in hindsight, as she told of her experiences and thoughts, she held nothing back and it was easy to connect with her experiences. I had not read a book in a while when I first picked this up and was pleasantly surprised as I could not put it down and constantly found mysel...more
(Non-Fiction New Mother Memoir) I found this book while doing a search for "motherhood" at my public library. I read it in a couple of days, which is a feat as my daugher is one month old. This book is jubilant, honest, cheeky, and buoyant. Oliver's writing radiates with the joy of having children, but she doesn't disregard the despair of those trying times. This book reads like a conversation over some coffee or tea and it's filled with fantastic, vintage-looking photographs. Jools Oliver seems...more
This book was actually given to me by my sister who had wanted to be a mummy for as far back as i can remember. It made me a little sad reading it because at that time and still now i have been trying to conceive. It was written honestly which i thought was amazing! It was insightful and at some points it was witty. You get a real sense of the olivers lowest and highest points. You are almost made to feel like her best friend. Lovely read x
This memoir was quirky and honest. I loved it. Oliver goes through everything; their attempts at conception and doctor visits to fertility drugs and finally getting pregnant. Her telling of her journey through pregnancy and delivery feels like a chat with a girlfriend.
As someone who is due with their first baby in March and plans on making my own baby food I really appreciated the bits about making baby food, along with some recipes that she shared in the end of the book.
As someone who is due with their first baby in March and plans on making my own baby food I really appreciated the bits about making baby food, along with some recipes that she shared in the end of the book.
This was an interesting read. It certainly does contain some very honest details...details that people don't normally discuss - for that reason itself the book is charming. Bad points are a clunky writing style and tendency towards (celebrity and brand)name dropping and extreme over anxious behaviour (which I found very annoying).
Really good to read if you are pregnant - it is nice to read about the pregnancy from the point of view of someone going through it even if you don't agree with everything that person is doing or can't empathise with a particular problem there will be something in there that all pregnant women / new mothers can identify with. She is very lucky that they are well off enough for buying pushchairs they only use once but there is enough potentially useful pointers in this book as well that you can o...more
A really heartwarming, hilarious, compelling and honest read!! A great story for mums to be or new mums or on my part, just to remind me of the wonders of motherhood. There are also some fantastic healthy recipes & tips and useful information at the end of the book.
Jools Oliver tells her pregnancy stories. A guide to everything including becoming pregnant with a newborn. No thanks. Some good tips but an easy read and a nice story. I like that she was honest and didn't leave out the gorey details.
This was a pretty honest, realsitic and often amusing account of pre-during and after pregnancy. It made me laugh out loud with her account of what she packed for hospital and then admitted she didn't need a third of it!!
This is Jamie Oliver's wife's account of getting & being pregnant. It's fine but only worth a read if you are going through the process yourself and therefore obsessed enough to be interested in this sort of read.
It's an easy read for an expecting or a new mom - makes you feel reassured that even "the bold and the beautiful" might be having the same problems, worries and joys (when it comes to having babies) as all of us.
Enjoyable for the lightheartedness, but the prose itself was a bit too inexperienced and childlike for the book to be a really good read. Nevertheless an interesting look at motherhood by a very devoted mother.
It's not like I was expecting to be inspired - it just looked like a cute little read about a young woman becoming a mom - and at first it was but then... well I don't care if your husband is Jamie Oliver, you should have more to offer personally before writing a book about yourself.
As a non-pregnant non-Mum I can unequivocally state that I loved this book, and have been forcing it upon pregnant women of my acquaintance ever since! :D
Gosh but Jools Oliver is a girly girl. She keeps going on about how much of a girly she is, too. Do women generally take Vogue, Cosmo, Heat, OK mags with them to the hospital when they are about to give birth?
Maybe it gets really dull, I dunno. You'd think you'd being being busy, pushing and that.
Anyway, Jools manages to get preggers, not once but twice in quick succession, despite having ovary problems, and manages the daunting task of raising two small children whilst married to a man who is...more
Maybe it gets really dull, I dunno. You'd think you'd being being busy, pushing and that.
Anyway, Jools manages to get preggers, not once but twice in quick succession, despite having ovary problems, and manages the daunting task of raising two small children whilst married to a man who is...more
Interesting book but scary for someone without children as yet. Very honest account of good and bad times!
required reading for all first time pregnant mums! very funny and very honest.
This is essential reading for every pregnant or new mama! Freaking LOVE it!
good for a skim if you're a new mom or mom to be
this was a gret book and even had some fab recipes in the back
Easy to read and honest!
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Good and very quick read.
It was a pretty light read and one I probably would have enjoyed more when I was pregnant. The title made me think that it would be a more candid look at motherhood. I found it somewhat trite and a lot of the information either outdated or not checked or something. I wouldn't recommend it as a guideline for parenting, but it's a look in to one woman's experience that you may or may not relate all that well to unless you too were chased by papparazzi preceeding and following your children's birth...more
Didn't bother to finish it. Skimmed and was disinterested. The writing was at a very junior level.
Jan 07, 2011
Edel
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone pregnant,trying for a baby or just after having one
Recommended to Edel by:
magazine
Shelves:
non-fiction
This is more then a pregnancy journal.. Jools talks us through the stuggle and hopes and fears of trying for a baby that is reassuring if you have ever struggled trying to hav a baby.. The book is quite funny in parts too that would suit you even if you were not trying for a baby.. It is very touching and tells you honestly what trying for a baby, getting pregnant,labour,straight after labour and the toddler years are really like..
Mar 28, 2008
Jess
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1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
no one
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couldn-t-finish-it
I read this along with quite a few other books on motherhood when I got pregnant with my daughter. This was by far the worst one. I could barely finish it. I don't think the subject material is so very bad, but the writing... I really try not to be overly critical just because she has a famous husband, but I really really do not think that a "mere mortal" could have gotten this book published. It's horrible.
This was a pretty candid, but reasonably superficial, diary of the authors journey from pre-conception to 9 months old. A very light and quick read. I read it, I am ashamed to say, because I like her husband.
A beach towel and this book go hand in hand
A beach towel and this book go hand in hand
Loved this book! I brought it when I was pregant with my 2nd and I really enjoyed it, it was a helpful insight to how to cope with 2 children born close togther! very funny & heart warming a must for all mums x x
A sweetly written book by Jools Oliver, wife of chef Jaime Oliver, when she was pregnant and raising her daughters in England. It's so fun to 'hear' the British accent in the words.
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