A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum
O'Brien, Meredith
ISBN 10: 1932279512 ISBN 13: 9781932279511
Published by Wyatt-MacKenzie, 2007
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A glimpse into the mind of a laid-back yet stressed-out, insecure, sleep-starved, TV-obsessed, news-junkie, Generation X parent navigating the labyrinth of modern parenthood with three young children, including a set of twins. From critiquing fashionistas who try to convince the pregnant public to buy maternity thongs and discussing whether at-home moms have sold out their feminist sisters, to tackling topics such as how to have a sex life while three kids are pounding on their parents' locked bedroom door, how to look cool while driving a mini-van (a clue: you can't) and what happens when a toddler eats trash, O'Brien's collection of 76 columns illustrates how parents are living their lives in the real American suburbs, not in the white picket fenced world portrayed in fuzzy, honey-hued greeting card ads.
About the Author: Meredith O'Brien has worked at a number of newspapers including The Boston Herald and The Republican (Springfield, MA). A co-author of The Buying of the President with the Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, D.C.-based investigative reporting group, Meredith has written a number of in-depth studies most recently an examination of the 2004 presidential nominating conventions. A former adjunct faculty member in the University of Massachusetts Journalism Program, O'Brien has written more than a dozen magazine articles about the media.
In the world of parenting journalism, O'Brien was a contributing writer to the Boston area publication, Parents & Kids, for which she sat on the editorial advisory board. Her work has appeared in a number of parenting periodicals and web sites including: Chicago Parent, DallasChild, Baby Years Magazine, FamilyMan.com and BabyZone.com.
She was the parenting blogger for the Boston Herald's web site -- where she wrote the Boston Mommy Blog, formerly wrote the ClubMom's Parenting Pop Culture: TV, Movies, Motherhood and Apple Pie blog, and was a contributing writer to DotMoms.com, a web site which features writing about motherhood that was listed as one of Time Magazine's top 50 coolest web sites and was featured in Parenting Magazine.
She was the parenting blogger for the Boston Herald's web site -- where she wrote the Boston Mommy Blog, formerly wrote the ClubMom's Parenting Pop Culture: TV, Movies, Motherhood and Apple Pie blog, and was a contributing writer to DotMoms.com, a web site which features writing about motherhood that was listed as one of Time Magazine's top 50 coolest web sites and was featured in Parenting Magazine.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: A Suburban Mom: Notes from the Asylum
Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author
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