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Vicki Glembocki (Author)
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January 6, 2009
When her daughter Blair was born, Vicki Glembocki experienced the first blast of maternal bliss that she assumed would carry her through the next nine months of sleepless nights and all the challenges that come with a new baby. So why was the transition into motherhood so hard? Because no one told her the real deal about what lay ahead.

Finally, one mother gives the unvarnished truth about those first months, from the worry over whether you’re bonding, to the suspicion that you’re the only woman on earth who lacks the “maternal gene.” Funny and brutally honest, Glembocki lets new moms know they’re not alone and reassures them that when someone coos, “Aren’t you just loving every minute?” it’s perfectly normal to think: “No, actually, I’m not!”

And you and your child will still turn out just fine.


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Mid-Ohio Valley Parent Magazine, 2/16/09
“This mom’s memoir shows a different side to the new mom—the mom who is exhausted, has an extremely fussy baby, who wonders if she made a mistake…It’s that kind of frankness that makes this book such a compelling read.”


"Not since Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions has there been such an insightful, open account of a new mother's fears of inadequacy, with wicked humor along the way." --Sarasota Magazine

"A breath of fresh, raw, real, no kidding motherhood air. Vicki seems to have entered my brain and sucked out all of my feelings and put them down on paper for the world to read. I wish I could give her a big hug and tell her thank you." --Blogmommas

"It's really great to see someone have the courage to expose the insecurities we all feel at times and to detail so humorously those difficult experiences in the first few months. I would definitely recommend this book to mothers." --The New Parents Guide

About the Author

Vicki Glembocki is a columnist for Women’s Health and a writer-at-large at Philadelphia Magazine. She, her husband, Thad, and her two daughters live in southern New Jersey.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books (January 6, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0738212555
  • ISBN-13: 978-0738212555
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,674 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Vicki Glembocki is an award-winning magazine writer and essayist, author of the memoir The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the Real Truth About Becoming a Mom. Finally, a writer-at-large for Philadelphia Magazine, columnist for Reader's Digest. Her articles have appeared in many publications including Playboy, Women's Health, More, Parents, Babble, Ladies Home Journal, Fit Pregnancy, and Philadelphia. She specializes in personal essay, profiles, and all things narrative.

Before she began freelancing full time out of her very orange basement office, she was articles editor at Philadelphia magazine and senior editor at The Penn Stater, (before that, she worked at Pitt Magazine and at Dartmouth College and, in places in between, waitressed and sold roses from bar to bar dressed in a tuxedo jacket and cowboy boots). She has a BA in English and an MFA in nonfiction writing, both from Penn State, and has been a guest on radio and TV shows (Oprah!), led seminars at conferences, lectured in college classes, given public readings, sung karaoke, and performed in more than 100 plays and musicals (including two where she danced on stage naked).

She lives just outside of Philadelphia with her very patient husband, Thad. She is obsessed with yard sales, showtunes, yoga, DIY home repair, her Honda minivan, fountain Diet Coke, and her daughters, Blair and Drew.

 

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth! And every mother should KNOW, March 12, 2008
I LOVED this book. After being successful at nearly EVERYTHING I ever did hearing things like "It changes your life but in a good way" made me confident that not only would I love being a mother I would excel. How dead wrong I was. No one prepared me for the challenges of motherhood- not even my own mother or my closest friends. My child did not have colic and I was not post pardom- believe me I know I was in therapy. Having a child is culture shock and I wish I had an honest account of what motherhood was like. Being blessed with a "healthy" baby that I got to sleep within 8 weeks was not enough for me to "love" being a mother. It was a struggle. I would have walked through fire to save my child but mostly wanted to escape to Mexico. This book is a heart felt admission to one women's struggles and I wish more women and mothers were honest about the joys and pitfalls of the newest and hardest job you will ever have in your life. And it does not make anyone a "bad" person or mother to admit!
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic, March 3, 2008
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I read this book on the recommendation of a friend. Both of us had babies in Dec. 2007 and were struggling with something between blues and PPD. I laughed, I cried, I nodded, I read out loud to my husband - and I couldn't stop turning the pages. At the end, I wanted to hug Ms. Glembocki. Hands-down the best book I have read about being a new mother (and it seems I've read all of them).
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Refreshing and Hilarious Memoir, January 17, 2008
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I picked up this book and could not put it down until I'd finished it. Glembocki has a real gift for being brutally honest - saying what so many people think but rarely utter - and doing so in a really hilarious and page-turning way. Memoirs can often seem cheesy or self-aggrandizing and this was neither. Sometimes shocking, often funny, extremely well written, and very moving.
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