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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143034774
ISBN-139780143034773
eBay Product ID (ePID)31002589
Product Key Features
Book TitleWaiting for Birdy : A Year of Frantic Tedium, Improbable Grace, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicParenting / General, Personal Memoirs, General, Topic / Marriage & Family
GenreFamily & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Humor
AuthorCatherine Newman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.1 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-053401
ReviewsMight be the funniest--and most astute--account of a mother's first years with her child since Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions. (Chris Bohjalian, author of Midwivesand Before You Know Kindness) Catherine Newman's new book about the rock and roll life of newborn parents is hysterical... Don't give birth without it. (Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Oceanand Baby Bat's Lullaby), "Might be the funniest-and most astute-account of a mother's first years with her child since Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions ." - Chris Bohjalian , author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness "Catherine Newman's new book about the rock and roll life of newborn parents is hysterical... Don't give birth without it." - Jacquelyn Mitchard , author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Baby Bat's Lullaby, "Might be the funniest--and most astute--account of a mother's first years with her child since Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions ."-- Chris Bohjalian , author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness "Catherine Newman's new book about the rock and roll life of newborn parents is hysterical... Don't give birth without it."-- Jacquelyn Mitchard , author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Baby Bat's Lullaby, "Might be the funniest--and most astute--account of a mother's first years with her child since Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions ." -- Chris Bohjalian , author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness "Catherine Newman's new book about the rock and roll life of newborn parents is hysterical... Don't give birth without it." -- Jacquelyn Mitchard , author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Baby Bat's Lullaby, "Might be the funniest-and most astute-account of a mother''s first years with her child since Anne Lamott''s Operating Instructions ." - Chris Bohjalian , author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness "Catherine Newman''s new book about the rock and roll life of newborn parents is hysterical... Don''t give birth without it." - Jacquelyn Mitchard , author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Baby Bat''s Lullaby, Might be the funniest--and most astute--account of a mother's first years with her child since Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions . (Chris Bohjalian, author of Midwives and Before You Know Kindness ) Catherine Newman's new book about the rock and roll life of newborn parents is hysterical... Don't give birth without it. (Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean and Baby Bat's Lullaby )
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
SynopsisTo fifty thousand readers, Catherine Newman is the beloved author of "Bringing Up Ben & Birdy," a weekly column on babycenter.com. Now in the delightfully candid, outlandishly funny Waiting for Birdy , Newman charts the year she anticipated the birth of her second child while also coping with the realities of raising a toddler. As she navigates life with her existentially curious and heartbreakingly sweet three-year-old, and her doozy of a pregnancy, she lends her irresistibly unique voice to the secret thoughts and fears of parents everywhere. Filled with quirky warmth and razor-sharp wit, Waiting for Birdy captures the universal wonder, terror, humor, and tenderness of raising a family. On the web: http: //www.babycenter.com, http: //www.parentcenter.com, To fifty thousand readers, Catherine Newman is the beloved author of "Bringing Up Ben & Birdy," a weekly column on babycenter.com. Now in the delightfully candid, outlandishly funny Waiting for Birdy , Newman charts the year she anticipated the birth of her second child while also coping with the realities of raising a toddler. As she navigates life with her existentially curious and heartbreakingly sweet three-year-old, and her doozy of a pregnancy, she lends her irresistibly unique voice to the secret thoughts and fears of parents everywhere. Filled with quirky warmth and razor-sharp wit, Waiting for Birdy captures the universal wonder, terror, humor, and tenderness of raising a family. On the web: http://www.babycenter.com, http://www.parentcenter.com
LC Classification NumberHQ759.N54 2005
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