false 5664839 2 In the tradition of recent hits like <i>The Bitch in the House</i> and <i>Perfect Madness </i>comes a hilarious and controversial book that every woman will have an opinion about, written by America’s most outrageous writer. <br>In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, neglectful mothers, and occasionally great mothers.<br> <br>Today we have only Bad Mothers.<br> <br>If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. If you buy organic, you’re spending their college fund; if you don’t, you’re risking all sorts of allergies and illnesses.<br> <br>Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as “a bad mother”? Ayelet Waldman says it’s time for women to get over it and get on with it, in a book that is sure to spark the same level of controversy as her now legendary “Modern Love” piece, in which she confessed to loving her husband more than her children.<br><br>Covering topics as diverse as the hysteria of competitive parenting (Whose toddler can recite the planets in order from the sun?), the relentless pursuits of the Bad Mother police, balancing the work-family dynamic, and the bane of every mother’s existence (homework, that is), <i>Bad Mother</i> illuminates the anxieties that riddle motherhood today, while providing women with the encouragement they need to give themselves a break. 5836371 5 5 2009 Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace total:445|5:58|4:189|3:139|2:47|1:12| 445 1569 1170 200 4 1 false false Fri Oct 30 09:49:23 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 09:49:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 23:38:44 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 23:39:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 18:35:22 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 10:38:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Mon Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 08:04:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 08:26:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:08:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 17:21:32 -0700 2009
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After listening to Michael Lewis promoting his new book Home Game...more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 13:47:14 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:58:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 11:20:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 11:35:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 09:10:58 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 15:59:41 -0700 2009 yakking with Terri Gross about this book in the spring and had to have it. I loved so much about this book--the Berkeley references, her recollection of the wry comments of her (and my!) gynecologist, the sex-positivity, the rejection of super-mommy stereotypes, the soul-sear...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 17:49:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 04:44:06 -0700 2009
In this book of essays, she is honest and personal, often at her expense. She doesn't shy away from controversy. She hints at es...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 13:57:39 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 16:38:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 08:34:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 08:51:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 18:57:17 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 07:03:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 18:34:37 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 08:40:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 13:28:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 08:30:45 -0700 2009 Salon.com a number of years ago when she was writing for them in response to a column by yet another whiney...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 19:54:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 20:38:39 -0700 2009 more...]]>