Jana Zvibleman

The Bad Mothers Jana Zvibleman

The Milk-and-Cookies Mothers. The Much-Too-Busy Mothers. The Wire-Monkey-Surrogate-Mothers, providing milk but no fur . . . Every kind of mother, no matter how well-meaning, whether gracious or worried or big-hippo-critical, is likely to be blamed at some point for not doing it right. In this, their own story, our world's so-called Bad Mothers escape the pointing fingers and come into themselves. Here is their long-overdue, hilarious celebration. "All of these bad mothers are me," some women say. "I'm certainly not a bad mother," some women say. "But, let me tell you about my mother!" The author's "get it?" musings enhance the important conversation about our stereotypes, expectations, and potential.