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We thought you might like these summer words from around the world. People seem to be liking Somebody's Always Hungry. Words from Los Angeles: GoMommyGo Summer, 2008 Somebody's Always Hungry is filled with short, profoundly insightful and funny stories about the insanity (and joy) of raising young kids. You will rock with laughter and tears as you realize: "SOMEBODY FINALLY UNDERSTANDS ME!" by Ruth Elliot: http://www.gomommygo.com/obey_plan.html#juliet Summer words from Philadelphia:
June 30, 2008 If you’re tired of reading a book that glamorizes motherhood and fails to include the real stuff, then you might want to pick up Juliet Johnson's Somebody’s Always Hungry on your next trip to the beach. This awesome read compiles essays that remind us of the realities involved with raising kids from their first day in the world to their first day of school. Before motherhood, our perception is one filled with roses and lilies until we give birth and all of that goes right out the window. We find out that they’re not just cute anymore. They’re tiny human beings that demand a lot of service. Juliet Johnson comforts moms with humorous stories that both the newbies and veterans will relate to. Most importantly, Johnson reminds us that we are not alone in our day to day struggles. If one mom went through it, a million more will. Moms will find that Somebody’s Always Hungry is exemplary of the growing human spirit and that sometimes surrendering against our expectations is the only way to move forward. A wonderful read that will take you on a familiar journey though one mom’s trials and tribulations, you will fall in love with Somebody’s Always Hungry immediately! from Moms on the Move http://www.momsonthemove.com/reviews.asp Summer Words from Devon, England:
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http://www.hybridmom.com/live/refuel/best-beach-reads.html Summer words from Traverse City, Michigan:
From Bitter to Sweet: Parenting Moves Beyond Introducing Solid Foods Somebody’s Always Hungry: Essays on Motherhood (Nell Books/Wyatt-MacKenzie, 978-1-932279-92-4) would be a great gift for a smart woman who suddenly finds that most of her conversations and activities revolve around providing food for ungrateful little people who make enormous messes. Juliet Myfanwy Johnson is clearly just such a woman, one who gave herself so totally to the experience of motherhood that her children and their impromptu needs and desires produce almost a second self—the fashionable, career-oriented, pre-motherhood woman—who is able to observe, often sardonically, the ridiculous packages of love, noise, and sheer silliness that are her offspring. In the chapter, “Dating the Preschool Parents,” Johnson writes, “I wanted Nathan to have friends. All the other preschool moms and dads looked so professional and relaxed. Then there’s me, at the mercy of my four-year-old. Whomever he likes, I must like, and Nathan would do anything to have Michael play with him. His version of trying to play with Michael is to stand next to me in the classroom and hold my leg. But I know how desperate he is. So if it’s Michael’s friendship he wants, here I go…I’m meshing. [Michael’s father is] out of the mesh.” It won’t take many pages for even the most exhausted, cow-like-feeling, grumpy, over-touched mom to relax into recognition and laughter. After all the hard work and dedication we devote to healing from our childhoods so we can do it better for our own kids, we deserve those two minutes of leisure reading and a quick laugh before dozing off with the lights still on. Summer words from Red Bank, New Jersey:
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Fab mamaBy Kate Pancero - 6/20/2008 Tales from the trenches Summer words from Oregon, Wisconsin The Midwest Book ReviewCaring for a very young child - is there no more hectic job? Somebody's Always Hungry: Essays on Motherhood is a collection of essays and anecdotes on motherhood by mother Juliet Johnson, about dealing with the always hungry, always full of energy little people that are their children between the ages of zero and five. Seeking to give crazed parents comfort when the rest of their day simply won't, Somebody's Always Hungry offers tales harried caretakers can relate to and sympathize with. Highly recommended for community library parenting collections.
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