false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255650905m/2911775.jpg 2911775 3 <p> At thirty-nine, movie critic Mary Pols knew she wanted to have a baby. But never&#8212;not in a million years&#8212;on her own. To take on the physical, emotional, and financial challenges of motherhood without a perfect soul mate/husband would be absurd, kind of like not bothering to use a condom during a one-night stand with an adorable but jobless guy ten years her junior. </p> <p> Pols spends the ensuing weeks despairing over everything, from the financial nightmare of single motherhood to the end of her hopes for a traditional life. Not the least of her worries is finding the right way to drop the bombshell on loved ones, including her five siblings and eighty-four-year-old father, who has a German temper and an Irish Catholic attitude toward babies out of wedlock. Yet faced with the frightening, lonely truth that this might be her only chance at motherhood, she plunges ahead with the pregnancy and an <i>Odd Couple</i> version of a co-parenting relationship that looks like one more disaster in a long line of romantic disappointments. But even as she tries to give her son's young father a radical makeover, she realizes that his devotion and love for their child matters more than his spotty résumé or his inability to remember to put oil in the car. With humor, insight, and compelling honesty, Pols reveals what it means to compromise in the name of love and to find joy in an accidental life, suddenly brimming with purpose. </p> 2938948 1 6 2008 Accidentally on Purpose: A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made total:158|5:14|4:64|3:61|2:17|1:2| 158 545 342 50 5 2 false false Fri Jun 06 06:31:39 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 06:39:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 30 09:30:01 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 10:13:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 15:18:09 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 16:01:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 18:31:14 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 18:34:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Aug 18 15:44:08 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 15:44:49 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 21:55:55 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 22:05:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Aug 31 16:06:52 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 16:32:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 30 20:37:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 19:35:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 12:22:29 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 17:09:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:26:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:29:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 11:44:27 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 18:23:16 -0700 2009
I'm always interested in a good memoir and this one didn't disappoint. It was ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 09:32:55 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 16:49:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jul 06 08:12:08 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 13:32:05 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:12:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 23 21:36:51 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 21:40:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 14:27:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 14:28:19 -0700 2009
Ok, in brief: I liked the author's honesty. Got bored and skimmed a lot near the end, when she was discussing her parents' deaths. ]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 04:42:06 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 04:46:39 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:38:04 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:46:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:40:14 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 11:41:08 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 08 19:59:21 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 20:00:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 17:22:57 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 17:41:21 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2911775