- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: SEAL PRESS (Mar 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1580050298
- ISBN-13: 978-1580050296
- Product Dimensions: 19.1 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 299 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #305,367 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In The Mother Trip, her follow-up to the cult classic, The Hip Mama Survival Guide, Ariel Gore offers the kind of down-to-earth, truthful mothering conversations that you'd expect to have with a best girlfriend. In this collection of essays--some lasting one page, some stretching to five--Gore deftly spotlights the messy corners of motherhood: sleeplessness, depression, weird pregnancy dreams, the restless hunger for creativity, and the passionate love of children. This is comforting turf, especially for mothers who have felt patronized and bored by the numerous advice-laden mothering manuals on the market. Gore mixes straight talk with dreamier musings, using sensual details and thoughtful subtext to illuminate the spirituality of motherhood. (Her essay about being 19, pregnant, and living with a transient boyfriend in Italy is a masterfully crafted gem.) A sexy, political, and highly conscious mother who refuses to diminish herself, Gore is one of the best mothering role models to show up on the written page. In the essay "Children Need Interesting Mothers," she writes,
We need time to ourselves, moments of awareness, connections, meaningful work. We need cheap art, good sex, nights at the bowling alley and days at the beach. We need good coffee, hearty meals, lush gardens and time to relax and enjoy our lives without worrying so much that we are good enough mothers or skinny enough girlfriends or wives. We need to take care of ourselves so that we can mother our children soulfully and lead lives worth living.Amen, sister. --Gail Hudson
From Library Journal
What looks to be a breezy, sometimes irreverent, certainly untraditional book about motherhood is really worthwhile. Besides that, it's fun. Gore, a single mother, is founder and publisher of Hip Mama magazine, from which the web site originated. After a slow start (with descriptions of her pregnancy and time spent in Italy), Gore shares her feelings about motherhood and American culture in short, seemingly unordered chapters. Sprinkled throughout are autobiographical anecdotesDan unconventional childhood, parents and stepparents, welfare problems, a custody battle, and relationships with menDthat illustrate her view of motherhood. Along the way, she also debunks popular myths by asserting, "Never abandon your child, even to tough-love approaches. You are enough for your child. Loafing is good for you and your children. Never worry about having it all." (Elsewhere, in this reviewer's favorite passage, she notes, "Juggling is for circus clowns.") Gore knows that motherhood is isolating, heartbreaking, and delightful, and she's not afraid to say so.DLinda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, PA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Quite What I Expected, But Enjoyable,
By J. Dunlap (Indiana) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos Of Motherhood (Paperback)
I'm not sure what I thought I was getting when I bought the book. Maybe more of a "how-to" book with specific instructions on how to stay sane as mother (wouldn't that be nice?!). And while Ariel doesn't give you a "how-to" in steps, she does have some insightful advice on how to take care of yourself as a mother and how to set your own expectations of being a mother vs. what the world expects of you. She's a bit more liberal in her lifestyle than me, but her message about being a mother should speak to just about any mother at stage/style of life.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Don't forget your own needs,
This review is from: The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos Of Motherhood (Paperback)
I agree with Ariel, mother's should keep a sense of humor and remember not to neglect their own needs. A happy mother is better for any child. I think of the instructions for an emergency on an airplane, a parent needs to take care of herself first and then take care of the child. That is what's best for the child.
5.0 out of 5 stars
We deserve the same attention we give our kids!!!!!,
By Jennifer N. (MI. USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos Of Motherhood (Paperback)
Ever fell as though there is no one out there who understands what you are going through as a mother? Or understand that there are times where you just want pull your hair out? Well there finally is an answer to all your questions. This book gives very good advice for those who are losing there minds with all the sterotypes of what a "good mother" is. It is indeed a guide to staying sane through motherhood. I found this book to be very appealing. It let me know that there is someone out there who understands what us mothers go through everyday. There are some mothers who are lost within themselves and forget what it really means to be a mother. Ariel Gore explains that being a good mother is not always about putting your needs last and that sometimes it is ok to just sit back and relax on your couch. There is time for a relationship, career and childern in your life and you are able to manage it all. As Ariel Gore states "it takes a heap of loafing to raise a kid." She writes about things that mothers feel or do and then feel guilty about it. There is no reason for us to feel guilty she breaks it all down and offers support for those who feel this way or break the "good mother rules." So there is a way to do it all and dealing with it all. In the end it is all okay.
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