When Did I Stop Being Barbie and Become Mrs. Potato Head?: Learning to Embrace the Woman You've Become

by Mary Pierce

Embrace Your Inner Mrs. Potato Head! She’s so much more real and full of fun than Barbie ever could be. And she knows how to laugh like only those who have discovered the humor, heart, and wisdom of true womanhood can laugh. Give her room to romp with this hilarious collection of zany, true-life stories by Mary Pierce.If you love to kick off your shoes and laugh your socks off over the foibles and absurdities of life, this book is for you. Mrs. Potato Head’s hormones are out of whack. Her memory is held together by sticky notes. But she’s got a sense of humor that just won’t quit, and she’s learned to accept and enjoy herself as she is―because God does.

236 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

Reviews

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this along with Girlfriends in God group. Enjoyed discussing and wish I had been able to attend all discussions. Good book and up to date for current reading in our times. Even our younger gals liked and learned more about themselves and their relationship with God. Author more my age and could relate to so many of her situations. Would encourage any gal to read.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading Mary Pierce. I decided to use this book as part of my daily devotions, and it did not fail me. She is a woman as ordinary as the rest of us, yet so talented to make us laugh at our problems.

[Crystal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who is that pitiful, overweight woman in the mirror? It's me!!! Oh my, Mary Pierce is funny and really drives home our need to be okay with who we are. God made us as we are for His glory, not just His amusement.

[Sonja · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great book, wish I hadn't waited so long to read it. Now someone else needs to read this beauty.

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Insightful and funny.

[SueK · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this way back when it was first released. The author happens to be a personal friend... we do not share religious paths, but we shared a lot of young mamahood, and I hear her voice constantly in the book.

[Edith · Rating 2 out of 5]

I stopped reading after 100 pages. It is well-written, but I kept asking myself where the book is going. It is more a collection of short stories than a book. Also, I found the author quite negative towards herself, and that didn’t speak to me either.

[Taytum Woest · Rating 3 out of 5]

Started off strong, very funny.
But as I got deeper into the chapters the author's negative self talk and negative approach to aging and becoming a mother was quite off putting.
I don't think Mrs Potato head can only feel better about herself by constantly bringing Barbie down.

[Joann · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok

[Lisa Mendiaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very humorous way of putting life in perspective. I was drawn to the book simply by the title and great graphics on the cover. This was a book I took along as I traveled. I laughed my way through this book.

[Suzanne · Rating 2 out of 5]

From the title of this I was expecting it to be a lot funnier.

[Toni Pope · Rating 1 out of 5]

I will normally finish a book, no matter how bad..However..this one was too bad, I couldn't finish it.

[Gato Negro · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty light book. It will make you wonder why you thought you were so unattractive during the most attractive years of your life...