The Second Nine Months: One Woman Tells the REAL Truth About Becoming a Mom. Finally. (Hardcover)

by Vicki Glembocki (Author)
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“With style and wit, she tackles the taboo topics of the challenges, disappointments and adjustments of modern motherhood.”—Philadelphia Magazine

Product Description
In the spirit of Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions, a reality check for new moms.

I want to walk out of Target and leave Blair there, wailing.... Nice people work at Target. Surely someone would take her home and care for her and buy her pretty things.

So begins Vicki Glembocki's brutally honest yet hilarious memoir of her agonizing transition into motherhood. Why agonizing? Because no one told her how tough it would be. Finally, Glembocki lays out the truth about those first months with baby: the certainty that you're doing everything wrong; the desire to kill your husband, your mother, your dog; the struggle to balance who you were with whom you've become--a mother. Unlike any other book on motherhood, Glembocki breaks the New Mother Code of Silence, proving that "maternal bliss" is not innate, but learned. Funny and wise, she connects with new moms on a shockingly intimate level, letting them know that they are not alone.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Da Capo Press (January 7, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 073821101X
• ISBN-13: 978-0738211015
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #505,021 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Refreshing and Hilarious Memoir, January 17, 2008

By	Maggie Master (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth! And every mother should KNOW, March 12, 2008

By	Elizabeth Dunn - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic, March 3, 2008

By	Laura "toastcrew" (Sparks, NV USA) - See all my reviews

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).