Prudent Advice: Lessons for My Baby Daughter (A Life List for Every Woman)

Curtis, Jamie Morrison

ISBN 10: 0740797417 / ISBN 13: 9780740797415

Published by Andrews McMeel Pub, 2010

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192 pages. 7.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0740797417

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prudent Advice: Lessons for My Baby Daughter (A Life List for Every Woman)
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0740797417
• ISBN 13: 9780740797415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.52 kilograms

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Synopsis

Prudent Advice isn't what your mother taught you--it's more. Delivering 500 mini-lessons meant to educate and entertain, Curtis writes with wit and fresh insight into motherhood wrought from her own experiences and those of her blog followers. Time-honored canons such as "Dress appropriately for work" and "You reap what you sow" mingle with more unconventional prudence such as "Talk to strangers" and "Don't be afraid to get lost." She teaches how to jump-start a battery and make summer squash with goat cheese pasta--everything a mother wants for her little girl. It's a charming blend, which has earned Prudent Advice a Mom's Choice Award (Gold) in the Adult Books -- Spiritual/Motivational category.Curtis emphasizes the importance of being ethical, practicing kindness, thinking for oneself, and seeing the beauty in everything and everyone, especially on the inside. This compelling guide also offers poetry, inspirational quotes, and recipes meant to embellish cultural per

About the Author

Jaime Morrison Curtis is crafty editor at Prudent Baby and mother to two-year-old Scarlet Jane. A former marketing executive, she spent her single years exercising her passport with a backpack, a notebook, and a ticket to the local art museum before settling down to start her family.  She was born and raised in Los Angeles, where she lives with her skateboarder husband, her daughter, and their beloved dog Puck.