Synopsis: Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky--fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. She also knows she is tired. Always.
Using stories and insights from her own life, she provides a lexicon for the half-insane working mom. Anyone who has left a meeting to race to the Halloween parade immediately understands van Ogtrop's definition of "Kill the messenger" as "The action you must take in order to forget about the office for a time--that is, to remove your Blackberry/Treo/iPhone/whatever from your person and store it as far away as your neurotic self will allow." The book is filled with essays, lists, and resonant observations. Check out her new website for more stories and fun: http://justletmeliedown.ning.com/
About the Author
Kristin
van Ogtrop is the editor of Real Simple magazine and has
held
positions at Glamour, Vogue, Travel & Leisure, and Premiere. She lives outside New York City with her family.Review:
This is a cute book, the subtitle is Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom, and that is how the book is set up- in alphabetical chapters by terms/phrases, about 7-10 each. Some terms are a few pages, some are a paragraph. You will find yourself laughing out loud at alot of them (aka Human Whack-a-Mole-" Applies to children and co-workers..you try to correct one behavior with a good whack, the person in question acts out in some other way. Husbands are not exempt".See- YOU laughed, admit it!) and nodding in agreement with others (aka Hamster Wheel- "the depressing state where you feel like you're running around and around and getting nothing accomplished"- you have kid(s) and a husband, you KNOW that feeling)
This is an funny book to give new mothers and mothers-to-be to gently prepare them for what is coming (ok, so they won't believe half the stuff, but season moms, KNOW this is REAL).
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