Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace - Tapa blanda

"Hilarious, heartbreaking, and edgy." --Newsweek

"This is not only a wonderfully written book, but I think it may also be a book of great salvation for many women. Most of the mothers I know (the honest ones, the tired ones, the confused ones) will see themselves reflected in these wise pages and will find long-overdue comfort here." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love

"Absorbing reading . . . takes brave risks. . . . What really makes Waldman's book interesting, as voices on motherhood go, is Waldman herself--the intensity of her positions and the way she thinks." --The New York Times Book Review

"I have often felt that it is impossible to be a mother without a profound, even corrosive, sense of failure, or at least that's how I feel about myself. To find a book that shares that anxiety, and an author who dissects this insecurity and self-doubt with wit, honesty and proper, enquiring intelligence, is (as a reader) like being grossly dehydrated and being presented with a vat of water to drink. . . . I want to be in the company of her frank intelligence forever." --Nigella Lawson
"Many find Waldman's honesty hard to take. For some of us it's hard to live without." --People

"Waldman's book is nothing short of a revelation." --The Oregonian

"Nuanced and thoughtful. . . . Waldman is often an astute commentator on contemporary parenting." --Boston Globe

"Waldman hates to hold back, and that trait serves her well in Bad Mother." --The Washington Post

"Bound to stimulate ferocious discussion." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Waldman is a courageous and talented writer. Her greatest accomplishment in this book is to take her experience--some of our worst fears--and make it something we can understand. . . . Isn't that a mother's real job?" --Susan Cheever, The Daily Beast

"Fascinating. . . . If she's honest, every mother will see herself reflected in the pages of this book." --The Anniston Star

"Ayelet Waldman writes cleanly and thoughtfully about motherhood as both an experience and a spectator sport. Bad Mother is blunt, wry, prescriptive and pleasurable." --Meg Wolitzer, author of The Ten-Year Nap

"Ayelet Waldman's sane perspective on the challenges of motherhood comes as a relief. I relished her graceful language, self-mocking humor, her clear, if sometimes painful, insight. And I admire her--deeply--for the bracing honesty that redeems it all." --Peggy Orenstein, author of Waiting for Daisy

"Ayelet Waldman writes about motherhood the way women live it: Not only as parents, but also as wives, professionals, and most touchingly, former children. Written with humor, insight, generosity, and unflinching honesty, Bad Mother is for anyone who has--or has been--a child." --Pamela Paul, author of Parenting, Inc. and The Starter Marriage

In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: 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. Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as a “bad mother”?
 
Writing with remarkable candor, and dispensing much hilarious and helpful advice along the way—Is breast best? What should you do when your daughter dresses up as a “ho” for Halloween?—Ayelet Waldman says it's time for women to get over it and get on with it in this wry, unflinchingly honest, and always insightful memoir on modern motherhood.