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More copies of this ISBN:Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of Itby Andrea J. Buchanan
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:According to Andrea Buchanan, "mother shock" is the state in which many new parents exist during those first confusing, chaotic, and often comical years of parenting. It is the clash between expectation and result, theory and reality; a twilight zone of 24-hour-a-day living where life is no longer neatly divided into day and night. It is the stress of trying to acclimate quickly to the immediacy of mothering; of formulating a new conception of oneself, one's role in the family and in the world; of shouldering a fearful new level of responsibility and a new delegation of domestic duties.
In this much-needed and delightfully funny collection, Buchanan shares the insight she gains as she moves through the stages of mother shock. From "Fear of the Double Stroller" and "Confessions of a Bottle Feeder" to "I'm an Idiot" and "Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Playgroup," Buchanan details the unimaginably difficult and unbelievably rewarding process of becoming a mother. Review:"Buchanan writes fluently and with both feet on the ground, always aspiring to show readers her way of mothering not as a model but as an example. Her commonsense, nonjudgmental approach is especially praiseworthy." Library Journal Review:"Buchanan documents the anxiety and thrill of new motherhood...in a way that's as entertaining as it is brave." Philadelphia Weekly Review:"Potently honest....Buchanan's...capacity for self-reflection paves the path for all mothers...to explore the complex feelings that accompany motherhood." Big Apple Parent Review:"Buchanan writes in a graceful, down-to-earth style." Brain, Child Magazine Synopsis:According to Andrea Buchanan, "mother shock" is the state in which many new parents find themselves during those first confusing, chaotic, and often comical years of parenting. In this much-needed and delightfully funny collection, Buchanan shares the insight she gains as she moves through the stages of this new-mom syndrome. About the AuthorAndrea Buchanan's work has been featured in the collection Breeder: Real Life Stories from the New Generation of Mothers and in on-line parenting magazines, including Oxygen.com's "MomsOnline" and hipMama.com. Her syndicated column "The Dark Side" runs on various websites, including the site she created for Philadelphia mothers, PhillyMama.com. Before becoming a mother, Andrea was a classical pianist. Her last recital was at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, back before she knew how to play the Teletubbies theme song. She lives with her family in Philadelphia. Table of ContentsIntroduction ix I Mother Love Birth of a Mother 3 Birth of a Mother: Part 2 12 Misconceptions 24 Mother Love 32 Pretty on the Inside 41 Separation Anxiety 46 II Mother Shock Giving Birth to Ambivalence 53 Loving Every (Other) Minute of It 60 The Invisible Woman 66 Mother Shock 72 Motherly Advice 81 Fear of the Double Stroller 87 Letters to Emi 93 III Mother Tongue Wednesdays in the Park 105 Confessions of a Bottle Feeder 112 A Fine Mess 118 Sleeping Like a Baby 123 I'm an Idiot 131 What's in a Name? 136 Mother Tongue 143 Everything I Really Needed to Know I Learned at Playgroup 151 Learning to Speak 162 IV Mother Land Not Like Mozart 171 Fall Back 176 Forgetting 180 Changed World: Mothering After September 11 186 The Concert 191 Zen Mom, Beginner Mom 196 Piano Lessons 205 Mother Land 217 After Shock 222 Notes and Credits 229 Acknowledgments 233 What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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