Laura P. (hemmputnam) reviewed on + 1180 more book reviews
I loved this book and feel like the author and I are leading parallel lives. There are a few geographical adjustments because she is in CA and I am the Midwest, but she could be writing about my life! She has a tough time as a lacrosse mom; my own initiation as a hockey mom was also a little rocky.
She doesn't actually enjoy her dinner at the exclusive restaurant with organically grown, simply prepared food. I don't participate in the locally grown co-op that friends encourage us to join. My 6 year old gags and throws up on his dinner plate when he tries a green bean from our backyard garden - why would I pay good money for other people's vegetables only one person (the wonderful and loving husband - again just like this book!) would enjoy?
Her husband wants her to try camping. Thankfully mine bought a 3 person tent because we have 2 kids. Her Ninemandments (nine year olds' rules for living) were so accurate to what goes on in our household that my husband didn't believe she had written them. (Would that I could be so witty and true!)
Whatever topic she covers - Halloween costumes & rituals, putting your pet to sleep, car pool lines, hair care, making dinner, disaster preparedness, buying a mattress, sending your child to camp - her writing is funny and delightful and sad and graceful. Enjoy!!
She doesn't actually enjoy her dinner at the exclusive restaurant with organically grown, simply prepared food. I don't participate in the locally grown co-op that friends encourage us to join. My 6 year old gags and throws up on his dinner plate when he tries a green bean from our backyard garden - why would I pay good money for other people's vegetables only one person (the wonderful and loving husband - again just like this book!) would enjoy?
Her husband wants her to try camping. Thankfully mine bought a 3 person tent because we have 2 kids. Her Ninemandments (nine year olds' rules for living) were so accurate to what goes on in our household that my husband didn't believe she had written them. (Would that I could be so witty and true!)
Whatever topic she covers - Halloween costumes & rituals, putting your pet to sleep, car pool lines, hair care, making dinner, disaster preparedness, buying a mattress, sending your child to camp - her writing is funny and delightful and sad and graceful. Enjoy!!
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