(c) Somebody’s Always Hungry, 2011
They are always hungry... which is the good part, and the bad part
" ... an insanely humorous and
entertaining book."
Prescott Carlson, Editor, The Imperfect
Parent May, 2008
and also, from Julie’s editor:
"It is rare to read a book that sneaks up
on you so much. SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS
HUNGRY is so funny so much of the time
that the moment that tears fill your
eyes comes as a complete surprise. It's
all like memory gone crazy. You don't
have to be a mother to be touched by
these children. You'll remember if you
are a grandmother or a father or an aunt
or a brother or even if you're an only
child of only parents with no children of
your own. You'll remember.
"Juliet Johnson is not a perfect
parent...she never claims to be. She
makes it okay to not do it right all the
time. She makes it okay to be normal.
She leads with her heart (sometimes
counter to her brain) and her kids soar
as a result. They learn to trust their own
hearts - which appears to be, when the
book is finished and you have time to
think about their wonderful souls, the
definition of good parenting.
"Her book feeds the spirit."
SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS HUNGRY is a
collection of essays about life raising kids
from birth to age five years old. Not the
orderly, glossy parenting magazine view,
but the bumpy-road perspective: how
life slams from sixty m.p.h. to zero in
those five to six pushes during labor, and
becomes the ride of your life for the next
five years (and counting) bringing up
those babies. Join the ride as two tiny
people slowly dismantle one mom's
illusions (and accomplishments) with tiny
imperceptible fingers, building her an
entirely new life she didn’t know she
needed, usually made out of Cool Whip.
But it’s okay. Because her heart also goes
from one-person-sized to big enough to
save a nation.
HUNGRY helps you relax into the crazy
rhythm of daily motherhood. The stories
comfort moms new and old in the midst of
the recurrent joys and tragic
everydayness. As you disappear into the
motherhood abyss, HUNGRY throws you
down a rope. The stories remind you that
you are not alone. In your limitless
capacity for love and in your struggle
down the hotdog-littered path into chaos,
you have company. You will be able to
return to yourself. Being a mom
unstitches you and restitches you as a
much wider person inside. And you’re
never done. Somebody’s always hungry.
"Poignant and hilarious essays...I laughed so hard I cried ...."
Jennifer on GoodReads, March 3, 2009, 5 of 5 stars
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