Amateur hour : motherhood in essays and swear words

9780062838742
0062838741

First edition

x, 308 pages ; 21 cm

First. I don't want to be dying in order to tell you these things
Jobs. Fuck. This. List.
Job description for the dumbest job ever
The Super Bowl of interruptions
I am the one woman who has it all
Undone
Dear stay-at-home moms and working moms, you're both right
Time-out. Just what I wanted, a whole twenty-four hours of recognition once a year
"If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy": revised and expanded
Vows. Tiny losses
If you love your grandparents, go visit them
Let's have the wedding later
It's complicated
Time-out. Your cute wedding hashtags twenty years later
Kids, it's time you know the truth--your mother is a real piece of work
Showdowns. Overshare
Thank you for including me on this meal train but unfortunately I'm a horrible person
Your participation trophies are bullshit
September 17, 2010: the day I turned the car around
The ghosts of Halloweens past
Time-out. Radiohead song or accurate description of my parenting?
Are you sure there isn't something else I can do before the end of the school year?
Schools. The walls that define us
Pro/con: caving to PTO bake sale pressure
The punching season
Please don't get murdered at school today
I don't care if you go to college
Time-out. What do yo think of my son's senior picture that was shot by Annie Leibovitz?
Anne-Marie Slaughter is my safety word
Bodies. Who does that?
If you can touch it
As young as we'll ever be
Hot-ass chicks
Ashes to ashes
Time-out. Fifty-one things you should never say to a mother ever
Is there a parenting expert on this plane?
Freedoms. Do you have faith in me?
Thirteen with dudes
Just because you can, doesn't mean you should
Last.
You are all the joy
When I die

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