When Did I Get Like This?
The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be
On Sale: 04/19/2011
When Did I Get Like This?
The Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be
On Sale: 04/19/2011
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About the Book
“Amy Wilson’s hilarious, tender memoir…had me laughing out loud with recognition. She captures the small moments of motherhood in a way that is both funny and thought-provoking.”
—Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
From the creator and star of the one-woman off-Broadway show Mother Load, comes When Did I Get Like This?, a screamingly funny take on being a modern woman, wife, and mother told with “a level of hilarity that even non-moms can appreciate” (Time Out). Amy Wilson’s poignant and provocative, utterly outrageous look at “the Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I’d Never Be” has already earned an appreciative response from Three-Martini Playdate author Christie Mellor, who calls it, “As entertaining as it is reassuring.”
Critical Praise
“Wilson’s got a light comic touch, but also traffics unflinchingly in the gross and the sad.” — Entertainment Weekly
“When Did I Get Like This? is a funny, heartwarming account by [a] frazzled young mother of three. This book will help [new mothers] remember that the worst day with children is better than the best day without them.” — The Washington Post
“Amy Wilson’s hilarious, tender memoir of all the ways her children drive her crazy--and she drives herself crazy--had me laughing out loud with recognition. She captures the small moments of motherhood in a way that is both funny and thought-provoking.” — Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project
“An honest, personal, and often hilarious collection of short, beautifully written chapters. As entertaining as it is reassuring.” — Christie Mellor, author of The Three-Martini Playdate
“Reading Amy Wilson’s book is like meeting your favorite new mom friend: She’s whip-smart, charming, enviably capable but as self-doubting as the rest of us, and very, very funny.” — Pamela Paul, author of Parenting, Inc.
“Like Annie Hall wearing a nursing bra!” — New York Times (on the stage play)
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780061963964
- ISBN 10: 0061963968
- Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
- On Sale: 04/19/2011
- Pages: 272
- List Price:18.50 CAD
- BISAC1 : FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood
- BISAC2 : HUMOR / Form / Anecdotes & Quotations
- BISAC3 : HUMOR / Form / Essays