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Also by Ayelet Waldman:

A Perfect Hand, May 2026
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Bad Mother, May 2010
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Bad Mother, May 2009
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Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, January 2006
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Death Gets a Time-Out, June 2004
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A Playdate with Death, July 2003
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The Big Nap, July 2002
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Nursery Crimes, July 2001
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BAD MOTHER
By: Ayelet Waldman

A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace

Anchor
May 2010
On Sale: May 4, 2010
224 pages
ISBN: 076793069X
EAN: 9780767930697
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir

In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as a “bad mother”?

Writing with remarkable candor, and dispensing much hilarious and helpful advice along the way—Is breast best? What should you do when your daughter dresses up as a “ho” for Halloween?—Ayelet Waldman says it's time for women to get over it and get on with it in this wry, unflinchingly honest, and always insightful memoir on modern motherhood.

Media Buzz

Today - January 7, 2014
Good Morning America - January 17, 2011
Diane Rehm Show - NPR - July 13, 2010
Fresh Air - NPR - June 25, 2010
All Things Considered - June 4, 2010