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Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children)

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Maybe we have our new Erma Bombeck in Susan Konig who supplies some wonderfully humorous and amazingly honest looks at motherhood in her new book, which is a compliation of realted essays. It's been over 20 years since I had todlers but Konig brought it all back to me - the fun, the funny, the insanity!

This book will be enjoyed by mothers of all ages and circumstances.

This is really a treat as Ms. Konig let's us into the inner workings of her family - and her own head.

"Why Animals..." makes a great gift - I've given at least twenty of them and everyone has appreciated the read.

I hope there's a sequel!

I love this book. What I most enjoyed was Susan Konig's humorous, honest, intelligent perceptive musings about motherhood and marriage. She shares her trials and tribulation in such a humorous fashion making an otherwise under appreciated occupation (Homemaker) not a burden but a hilarious challenge. In her journey she never sacrifices her identity or her talents. She is a mom and a well versed comedic writer and her talents truly jump off the page. This is a great gift for friends who need a lift. I think even dads might enjoy experiencing the other side of the coin. I highly recommend this book to moms as a martini for the mind!

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Why Animals Sleep So Close To The Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children) Is a humorous look at the life of a mom who moves from the City to the Suburbs! It is a cute and true look at how it is to be a mom, with many silly bits and several serious bits, like how money got tight and they almost sold their house!



This is a Must Read for ALL MOMS!!!

Apparently USA Today and other reviewers think Susan Konig's book, "Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and Other Lies I Tell My Children)" is "downright Bombeckian." I've read the classic "Mom" books by Erma Bombeck, Teresa Bloomingdale, and Jean Kerr. This book doesn't have anywhere near the same quality, humor, and insight as those.

If you want to read not-so-funny accounts of a lazy, "stereotypical" mom, keeping-up-with-the-Jones' mentality, run-of-the-mill stupidity, and husband-bashing by an over-anxious-to-fit-in-and-be-noticed-as-cool personality, by all means, check out this book. I cannot recommend this book unless you wish to have all your fears confirmed about what children will do to a seemingly normal career woman.

Lest you think I can't relate to Konig's subject matter, I will assure you that I am a professional engineer with a husband, a house, and four young children of my own.

Skip this book. Stick with a classic like, I Should Have Seen It Coming When the Rabbit Died by Teresa Bloomingdale or Please Don't Eat the Daisies by Jean Kerr.

Are you a mom with young kids? Maybe you have a toddler and are pregnant again? You will be nodding your head, saying, uh-huh, laughing, totally identifying with this mom. Probably saying, "Hey, I could have written this!" I'm enjoying this book and as a mom to two young ones, a 3 yr old, and an 11 month old, I recommend it. (I read it in the bathroom or while nursing!)