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Apocalypse Mom: Diary of an Ordinary Woman in a Not So Ordinary World by [Elizabeth L. Jones]

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“I admit it. I was one of those people who cheered when the hurricane turned in her direction, who watched disaster movies and read post-apocalyptic books by the dozens, and who secretly hoped for The End Of The World As We Know It. Now that it’s here, I feel kind of stupid. I’m not even sure why I’m writing this down, as it’s doubtful anyone will ever read it. Then again, weirder things have obviously happened…..”

Ellie Campbell considers herself an ordinary woman. She’s a thirty-something wife and mother who’s a little out of shape and a lot frazzled. She’s always gone along with her husband’s latest hobby of prepping, but never given it much thought, until the day comes when everything stops working.

With her husband unaccounted for and her kids across town, she must set out to rescue her children and bring them home. As days go by, she must discover her own strengths, and just might realize that she’s not so ordinary after all.

See The End Of The World As We Know It through her eyes in this humorous, tongue-in-cheek tale of the apocalypse.

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October 7, 2013
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ASIN : B00FPSS73Y
Publication date : October 7, 2013
Language : English
File size : 193 KB
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Screen Reader : Supported
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Print length : 63 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #1,075,985 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,529 in 90-Minute Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads
- #5,124 in 90-Minute Literature & Fiction Short Reads
- #10,474 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Ising

Most realistic ER prep scenario I've read

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2014

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Take heed folks, we all need to start or work more on emergency prep. There are five stages of er prep. 1 is weather related, that alone should be enough to get our butts in gear to work on being more prepared. You'll never be completely prepared. This book is realistic most because it describes how prepared most families are. Some prep but not a lot. Common sense and calmness will help. Working together with friends, family, neighbours, & co-workers is good. The more prepared this grouping is helps you in many ways. Knowledge that your loved ones know and practice er prep will help keep us calmer. Knowing your friends and neighbours have prepped and stocked is good to know and means your stock will also last longer! Economic and catastrophic disasters take more retailers and last A LOT LONGER. Think about it. Do something rather than nothing, you'll be glad you did prepare and nothing happens,than doing nothing and find yourself in a disaster of any size.

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Texasirish

Great....but....really?

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2014

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I could give this book, at least, four stars excepting the fact that it isn't really a book. It is, fair warning, a short story at best. 61 pages, dear reader, be warned. Other than that, and a few typos, it was a fun read. After reading several other reviews I thought it only fair to revise my review and add a rejoinder. This book is humorous and enjoyably so. Other reviews have argued that the humor is misplaced or inappropriate. I highly disagree. Given human nature in extreme situations of stress, fear, etc....humor arises. Dark humor, morbid humor, even strange and inappropriate humor. Humor is a defense mechanism against insanity. So I felt the humor was spot on, in most instances, and quite believable. Enjoy, just be prepared for a short and rather abrupt ending that leaves you dangling in the air. Quite frankly I would like to see this in true ebook form of 400-600 pages. I would buy it. But I am having a hard time talking myself into paying a buck for each 'serial' story issue.

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CallistianStar

A Joke that Falls Flat

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014

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A well-written novel, but honestly the humor wasn't funny for me, personally. I was surprised, given the many great reviews on this, only to be terribly underwhelmed. The humor turned dry, and not in that pleasant sarcastic way, but in the rather boring way. The boring factor, at the very least, lengthened this "Volume" for me (even those this really shouldn't be considered a Volume, considering its actual shortness). This, paired with the fact that this story was so short, showed that this story was really just a push for money by separating them into "Volumes" (there's that word again...). With most stories that I've found on Amazon that I haven't really loved, I usually find myself wanting to read the next book to see how the story will end. However, I really don't, and won't, read another story in this "series."

Perhaps I just lack a funny bone, only when reading this story, but honestly I don't understand how this could be considered funny.

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Short, quick, and very amusing

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2014

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I like the very breezy style of the writing, and the lack of whining that is so prevalent in many post-apocalyptic books.
This is a very short book, basically a short story, about a suburban mother of 3 coping during the apocalypse. The cause of the apocalypse is debatable, and may be defined in the next book in what appears to be a series.
I don't like the fact that if I want to know what happens I will have to purchase the next installment. I don't do the installment/purchase plans, so unless they are offered for free, or become actual novel-length I won't know what happens. I can live with that.
There were the usual spelling issues, nothing too distracting.

Results: I enjoyed it. I think you will too.

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Picky Texan

HILARIOUS, realistic, engaging

Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2014

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LOVED IT. I love her writing style--it's like hanging out in the park with a close friend, you know, the funny one you always invite so your parties won't be boring. She described a pretty horrific event with humor and appropriate detail. This novel follows the basic prepper storyline: EMP, the advantage of quickly get over normalcy bias, OPSEC, knowing how to use a gun and being willing to use it, being willing to take advantage of whatever opportunity arises, having cash on hand, the difficulty getting the family home when they're all at different locations, being out of shape makes it all harder, etc. LOVED it. Trying to get your female significant other on board with prepping? Have her read this; the 40 minutes it takes her will be worth it!!!

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Anita - New Hope

Decently written, really short

Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014

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This is one of the better self-published stories I've read, and I enjoyed it. The author has a strong voice, and there weren't many glaring grammar/punctuation errors like in so many self-published stories.
However, the story is really short. Yes, it's only 99 cents, but it's more like a serial novel, never ending, where you end up spending a lot to find out what happens.
I wasn't so engaged that I wanted to immediately buy the next one, more because I didn't want to get caught in the trap of having to spend more every few pages.

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Voracious Reader

Entertaining Story with Plenty of Humor

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2014

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Entertaining story with plenty of humor. What wasn't entertaining was the incorrect use of commas, the misplaced modifiers and other grammatical issues. Team her with a good editor--or a teenager who has earned good grades in English classes and understand the finer points of grammar--and it would be a great start to her series. Despite the grammatical massacre, I still enjoyed the story line and will check out the next book in the series.

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Morgan Le Fey

A PTA Room Mother deals with TEOTWAWKI (quite well, thank you!)

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2014

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I really enjoyed this book! I've been reading a lot of post-apocalyptic material lately and was pleased to be entertained by a story that did not include a macho gun-totin' super prepper with a basement full of MREs and a backwoods hideout, fully stocked. This lady is clever, determined, and even fun. I'd eat squirrel dumplings with her any day!

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casperghost

great

Reviewed in Canada on June 21, 2014

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i liked the perspective of a moms fight for survival especially unprepared. we like to think only the prepared would survive a large scale event, we cannot underestimate someones will to survive

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