Synopses & Reviews
"I often thought to myself, 'If I really want to compete with these guys, I need a wife,'" begins Muffy Mead-Ferro in this ode to the women everywhere who are trying to take care of husbands, children, houses, jobs, bosses, clients, customers and, oh yes, themselves!
In lieu of that much-needed wife of her own, Mead-Ferro finds solace, sanity, and even success by embracing her famous tendency toward slackerdom. Full of personal anecdotes and real-wife wisdom, her latest Confessions offers precious comic relief and an invitation for wives everywhere to join the ranks!
A slacker wife has the wisdom to accept the following: that a little dirt on her kitchen floor doesn't hurt anyone, that wrinkles on her husband's shirt and on her face are perfectly natural and not worth worrying about, that party guests can be just as happy with a bowl of chips as an elaborate salmon mousse, and that over-scheduled equals under-happy.
Above all, a slacker wife lets herself have fun being a wife. She has girls' weekends, orders take-out, and takes leisurely walks. And as a result, she, her husband, and her family are happier and healthier-even with a dirty kitchen floor and a wrinkled shirt.
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"[If] she's right, then maybe a slacker mom will be the best kind of mom to have, after all." Newsweek
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"Celebrates the benefits of simplicity in mothering." New York Daily News
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"[Mead-Ferro has a] wicked sense of humor." Washington Post
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"This quick, entertaining read provides welcome validation for the feet-on-the-couch mom many of us long to be." Chicago Tribune
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"A brief, breezy take on a theme that seems to be resonating with a lot of mothers right now." USA Today
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"Quirky and unpretentiously honest." Library Journal
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"Will have you nodding knowingly, chuckling out loud and maybe even shedding a tear or two." Arizona Republic
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"The latest and funniest in a series of parenting backlash books....The authors extra-dry Wyoming sarcasm...puts New Yorkers to shame." Los Angeles Times
Synopsis
- National advertising: USA Today
- National author tour: New York, Los Angeles
- 20-market radio satellite tour
- Tie-in with Mother's Day promotions
Synopsis
By the author of Confessions of a Slacker Mom, hilarious reflections on being a good wife” in a world of high expectations
About the Author
Muffy Mead-Ferro was born into a fourth-generation cattle-ranching family that has been raising Herefords in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, since the turn of the century.
She traded her tractor for a typewriter and has been an advertising copywriter and creative director ever since.
She and her husband, Michael, along with their kids, Belle and Joe live in Salt Lake City, Utah.