Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom
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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. You could also say she's half-insane, but name one working mom who isn't. Using stories and insights from her own life, van Ogtrop offers a lexicon for working moms everywhere. Terms and concepts illustrate the highs (kids who know where their soccer cleats are, coworkers who don't hit "Reply All," dogs who helpfully eat whatever falls from the table) and the lows (getting out of the house in the morning, getting along with everyone at the office, getting willful kids into bed) of balancing work and family. Filled with amusing and resonant observations, Just Let Me Lie Down establishes van Ogtrop as the Erma Bombeck of the new millennium.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0316068292
ISBN13:9780316068291
Release Date:April 2011
Publisher:Little, Brown Spark
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"
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Engaging!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Read either cover-to-cover, or in snippets, Just Let Me Lie Down is a mom's eye view that tells the untold side of motherhood. No, things don't always work out perfectly. Yes, sometimes you linger a little longer at the office, because at least there, you won't be forced to mediate three screaming kidfights while trying to get dinner cooked, while the dog is howling to get out the door. Although not a mother myself (being male, and voluntarily child free), I still found plenty in this book to read, and enjoy. The book is laid out in alphabetical order, but doesn't really read like a dictionary or encyclopaedia. Instead, it's a series of vignettes interlaced with each other. I'd compare it to having a tasting menu versus going the whole nine and a large meal. Just think of it like a blog you can read on the subway. Definitely good for when you want to get into a book, but don't really have the full time and attention span for major plot points or characters.
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