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Second-Rate Goddess: My Hillarious Journey Through Postpartum Depression
Why do parenting books gloss over the "baby blues?" Because, it is not a fun topic. It also does not talk about the plethora of other emotions felt during postpartum depression. In this book, find out why Jimmy Fallon reminds me of sweet potatoes, how many medications it takes to turn a person into a human and why babies generally suck, even when you are a mom.
Cynicism and swearing run rampant in this devastating, hilarious and, yes, maybe even devastatingly hilarious journey through motherhood and postpartum depression.
Cynicism and swearing run rampant in this devastating, hilarious and, yes, maybe even devastatingly hilarious journey through motherhood and postpartum depression.
192 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 16, 2018
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August 21, 2018
You MUST read this story if you need a good laugh about motherhood!
This book is like no other on the topic of motherhood and postpartum depression. The author reveals ALL of the emotions and thoughts that most of us wouldn't dare! My heart broke so many times reading this story but then I would burst out laughing at her outrageous jokes. Such good comic relief! This book is NOT for the faint of heart!
This book is like no other on the topic of motherhood and postpartum depression. The author reveals ALL of the emotions and thoughts that most of us wouldn't dare! My heart broke so many times reading this story but then I would burst out laughing at her outrageous jokes. Such good comic relief! This book is NOT for the faint of heart!
August 22, 2018
A very powerful and humorous book!
A very honest and raw glimpse into living with depression and PPD. I cried, I laughed and I reflected. This is a must read!
I loved the writing style and enjoyed the "breaks" in between the narrative on the author's journey.
I just couldn't put this one down!
A very honest and raw glimpse into living with depression and PPD. I cried, I laughed and I reflected. This is a must read!
I loved the writing style and enjoyed the "breaks" in between the narrative on the author's journey.
I just couldn't put this one down!
August 20, 2018
I loved this book. It's personal and a great insight to pregnancy, motherhood, sisterhood, PPD, and life in general. Anyone expecting a child or know someone expecting a child could benefit from this book. It's an amazing book showing the ugly side of romanticized life experience.
August 25, 2018
As a mother who thought she had 'toughed it out like a champ" in the early years of my firstborn's life...reading this this author opened my eyes to the possibility that maybe, just maybe...I was in fact human and I was barely hanging on but wasn't letting myself admit it.
This book had me laughing and nodding my head in agreement. It takes a special writer to get me to physically engage and trust me, I have read more books than one can sanely admit to. There are parts in here that made me reflect on my own style of mothering, on how I deal with depression, something I refused to admit I was dealing with because "Others have it worse" Work like this makes you reflect, gasp, tear up, cry, laugh, and hell...makes you want to write your own experiences.
The author has a gift, not just any kind of author gift, but that kind that really makes you excited to read and not set their work down. There is no plodding through and hoping to get to a good chapter or paragraph, it is all good, it is all great. There is a portion that will always remain in my heart and kept close like a warm ember when I have my down days. (She'll know which one I am talking about)
I love this work, please do more. We moms didn't know we needed it until it was here!
This book had me laughing and nodding my head in agreement. It takes a special writer to get me to physically engage and trust me, I have read more books than one can sanely admit to. There are parts in here that made me reflect on my own style of mothering, on how I deal with depression, something I refused to admit I was dealing with because "Others have it worse" Work like this makes you reflect, gasp, tear up, cry, laugh, and hell...makes you want to write your own experiences.
The author has a gift, not just any kind of author gift, but that kind that really makes you excited to read and not set their work down. There is no plodding through and hoping to get to a good chapter or paragraph, it is all good, it is all great. There is a portion that will always remain in my heart and kept close like a warm ember when I have my down days. (She'll know which one I am talking about)
I love this work, please do more. We moms didn't know we needed it until it was here!
January 11, 2020
*author here*
rated it because it bothered me to have a book on my list without a rating lol
rated it because it bothered me to have a book on my list without a rating lol
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