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A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum
A glimpse into the mind of a laid-back yet stressed-out, insecure, sleep-starved, TV-obsessed, news-junkie, Generation X parent navigating the labyrinth of modern parenthood with three young children, including a set of twins. From critiquing fashionistas who try to convince the pregnant public to buy maternity thongs and discussing whether at-home moms have sold out their feminist sisters, to tackling topics such as how to have a sex life while three kids are pounding on their parents' locked bedroom door, how to look cool while driving a mini-van (a you can't) and what happens when a toddler eats trash, O'Brien's collection of 76 columns illustrates how parents are living their lives in the real American suburbs, not in the white picket fenced world portrayed in fuzzy, honey-hued greeting card ads.
286 pages, Paperback
First published January 22, 2007
About the author
Meredith O'Brien
10 books24 followersA former newspaper reporter and investigative journalist, Meredith O'Brien has written four books in a variety of genres.
A Boston area writer, she has two books slated for publication in 2025. Louie on the Rocks is a novel about the impact of Trump era political polarization on a family, and Uncomfortably Numb 2 is a guide for newly-diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients.
She's currently working on a work of creative nonfiction about the making of a Millennial Massachusetts minister.
In 2020, her medical memoir, "Uncomfortably Numb," chronicled the impact her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis has had on her life.
Her book -- "Mr. Clark's Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears and Jazz in a Middle School Band Room" -- won an Independent Book Publisher Award (Education category) and was a finalist for a Forewords INDIES Award (Education category). It follows a middle school jazz band from a small Massachusetts town that's led by a charismatic music director whose students are grieving the sudden loss of a band mate.
"Mortified: a novel about oversharing" follows a fictional mommy blogger who suffers the consequences after revealing too much personal information on the internet. It was a finalist for a Foreword Firsts Debut Novel contest.
Her first solo book was "A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum," a collection of humor/parenting columns about raising her boy-girl twins and their younger brother.
A Boston area writer, she has two books slated for publication in 2025. Louie on the Rocks is a novel about the impact of Trump era political polarization on a family, and Uncomfortably Numb 2 is a guide for newly-diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients.
She's currently working on a work of creative nonfiction about the making of a Millennial Massachusetts minister.
In 2020, her medical memoir, "Uncomfortably Numb," chronicled the impact her diagnosis of multiple sclerosis has had on her life.
Her book -- "Mr. Clark's Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears and Jazz in a Middle School Band Room" -- won an Independent Book Publisher Award (Education category) and was a finalist for a Forewords INDIES Award (Education category). It follows a middle school jazz band from a small Massachusetts town that's led by a charismatic music director whose students are grieving the sudden loss of a band mate.
"Mortified: a novel about oversharing" follows a fictional mommy blogger who suffers the consequences after revealing too much personal information on the internet. It was a finalist for a Foreword Firsts Debut Novel contest.
Her first solo book was "A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum," a collection of humor/parenting columns about raising her boy-girl twins and their younger brother.
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April 8, 2007
Great book. Really liked her hilarious take on parenting. Much more roll-on-the-floor than roll-your-eyes (which I appreciate because I sometimes get tired of the judgmental attitude that comes out in some books about motherhood). Meredith O'Brien's essays were hilarious -- whether describing how she helped her daughter's loose tooth to finally come out or how she resisted the pull of the minivan.
August 8, 2008
Paula gave me this book for Christmas. Thank you! I love it: fun little insights to motherhood. The book is a compilation of published articles.
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