- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc. (Mar 15 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1402203888
- ISBN-13: 978-1402203886
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.4 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 68 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #680,533 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Until now, it's been a well-kept secret, but in fact, Supermom DOESN'T have a pristine house, immaculate polite children and a thriving professional life.
No, the real Supermom always leaves the office too early and arrives home too late.
She's also:
- Sending her sick child to school anyway, hoping the fever's not so high it will attract the nurse's attention
- Praying that multivitamins will make up for the children having breakfast cereal for dinner (again)
- Hoping her husband will be asleep by the time she goes upstairs, so she can get right to sleep
- Battling her arch-nemesis, the Stay-at-Home Mom in the PTA who keeps asking her to bake for the fundraiser
And that's the dichotomy of the working woman's reality-the twin enemies of time and guilt. Now that Supermom's secrets are out, her life would make a great situation comedy.
No, the real Supermom always leaves the office too early and arrives home too late.
She's also:
- Sending her sick child to school anyway, hoping the fever's not so high it will attract the nurse's attention
- Praying that multivitamins will make up for the children having breakfast cereal for dinner (again)
- Hoping her husband will be asleep by the time she goes upstairs, so she can get right to sleep
- Battling her arch-nemesis, the Stay-at-Home Mom in the PTA who keeps asking her to bake for the fundraiser
And that's the dichotomy of the working woman's reality-the twin enemies of time and guilt. Now that Supermom's secrets are out, her life would make a great situation comedy.
About the Author
Kathy Buckworth has worked in marketing and public relations and owned a maternity and babywear retail outlet. She has been published in numerous magazines including Today's Parent and Toronto Families. She has four children and lives in Mississauga, Ontario.
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For a Supermom, a good day is a day when no one throws up on you, splatters food in your face, or calls you a poopyhead. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
If you have a sense of humour, you'll love this book,
By Fun Gal "Fun Gal" (Toronto, Ontario) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Secret Life Of Supermom: the Tricks and Truths Of Having It All (Paperback)
This is not a parenting book - it's a humour book. Any "SuperMom" (a mythical term quickly disposed of in the first few pages) will see herself and laugh when she realizes we're all the same...
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a HORRIBLE book!,
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This review is from: Secret Life Of Supermom: the Tricks and Truths Of Having It All (Paperback)
I know this book is trying to be amusing, but it is incredibly insulting and the author merely tries to rationalize the choices she has made for her own family. If you want to be funny, fine, but don't go talking about the lives of stay at home mothers or quoting research studies unless you actually KNOW something about them. You obviously haven't done your homework.This book is just a cover for a pat-on-the-back for working moms and a slap-in-the-face for those who are unwilling to institutionalize their preschool aged children. Your attempts at trying to sound knowledgeable and creating a balanced point of view are laughable. While finding humour in life is often applaudable and necessary, when it's done in a manner that puts one on a pedestal and crushes another underfoot, it becomes rather ugly. There is no "Shocking Truth" to be found in this book - in fact there is little truth at all.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Summer's over; kick up your feet and howl,
By A Customer
This review is from: Secret Life Of Supermom: the Tricks and Truths Of Having It All (Paperback)
Can you wait till Labour Day? This book will save you. It's a hilarious account of the trials and tribulations of child care -- written with such a great sense of humour by a young woman who is right in the midst of it all. Even a review of the chapter headings is hilarious. Kathy Buckworth is here to tell first time supermoms that they are not paranoid; "we are laughing at you!" "Holidays are Hellish Days." "We're outnumbered! The Joys of a Large Family." You can't help but read on and be entertained by a very funny sensibility.
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