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Mommy Land: Entering the Insanity of Motherhood

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This book was such a huge disappointment. Having experienced the good and bad sides of mommy cliques, I thought the idea of this book was so great and I was really looking forward to reading it. Unfortunately, this wasn't a funny and inspired take on the "insanity of motherhood" at all. It was a judgmental and mean-spirited attack on what seemed to be as many women as the author could think of. I had to force myself to finish it, and only did so in the hopes that it would somehow redeem itself in the end (it didn't). Each "character" in the book is an extreme caricature of a real person, snarkily drawn around whatever characteristic they might have that offends the author (ie is different from her beliefs about mothering). This is especially ironic because her main complaint about many of these women is that they are not accepting of those who are different from themselves. Yet, that is exactly how the author appears to the reader - as completely unwilling to look for the good in people who might not be exactly the same type of mother as she is. All of the mothers in my moms club and playgroups share some of the traits the author scorns in this book, but none of them are such cartoonish people as the characters in her books. And none of them are so quick to judge and find others lacking as are her denizens of Mommy Land (and as she appears to be herself, based on her scathing portrayals of the women in her book). It's so sad to think of everyone being labeled, categorized, and marked off as unworthy of friendship or respect just because they happen to feel differently than you do about breastfeeding, Bugaboos, or bedtime crying.

As a side note, I was astonished to see so many typographical errors in such a short book. Although the book is barely 1/4" thick and only took an hour to read, I lost count of all the errors and mistakes; it seems as if there was no editor or proofreader at all.

If you really want to give this book a chance, check it out from the library so you can put your money towards a higher quality title. Hopefully that way you won't feel as cheated as I did!

I highly recommend this book. It is hilariously fun and has great insight about the pressures of parenting today!

Hi Girls, it's Darla Shine author of Happy Housewives. If you want to have a few laughs read this book. I thought it was hysterical.