Take a woman fresh out of college, plop her down in the Silicon Valley, saddle her with a mortgage, let her ride the tech boom, give her three babies in four years, slap her with the tech bust, watch vicariously as her marriage disintegrates, end her career, and hand her a computer. What do you get? Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood is a naked, brutally funny, endearingly honest chronicle of family life beset by disaster on many fronts. Mindy keeps her family together through catastrophic illness, four bouts of postpartum depression, financial peril, familial Waterloo, and job instability. All through it her sense of humor and her sharp, edgy, witty writing keeps her together and upright. No, really. Mindy Roberts spent twelve years as a mild-mannered nonprofit employee. After the birth of her third child in four years, Mindy began to write about her life and children in the sleepless hours in an effort to capture her young family's world in real time.
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Entertaining, Fun, Honest,
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This review is from: Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood (Paperback)
I LOVED this book. I have read it several times since Hubby purchased an autographed copy directly from Mindy for Christmas 2006. She is honest and funny... has been through all the things we have been and isn't afraid to share her fears, frustrations or spontaneous combustion! Hubby sits beside my bubble bath some nights and is frequently found looking at me oddly, wondering what the heck is so funny. Sometimes I share.
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This Generation's Heartburn,
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This review is from: Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood (Paperback)
Remember Nora Ephron's Heartburn? Years ago that book taught me how to make it through life's crises with a sense of humor. Working mom Mindy Roberts updates the concept of laughing until your ribs hurt through financial dips, health scares, and of course, heartbreak.
Wonderful, warm, wisecracky and perfect with a glass of wine at the end of the day.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Grab a cup of coffee & get cozy!,
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This review is from: Mommy Confidential: Adventures from the Wonderbelly of Motherhood (Paperback)
This refreshingly real account of Mindy's adventures with life is like a long chat with a girlfriend. Ms. Roberts' book is honest, real, funny and sometimes heartwrenching; however, always a delight. She doesn't let the trials and tribulations ruin her sense of humor as she conquers motherhood was grace and style.
Cozy up to your favorite reading spot and enjoy!
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