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- ISBN 9781614485483
- Weight: 181g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 21 Aug 2014
- Publisher: Morgan James Publishing llc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Mommy Mafia is the Urban Dictionary of Mothers – think of it as Mommy profiling. The politics of motherhood is complicated, yet also highly amusing. If motherhood is akin to the Mafia, which “family” do you belong to? Are you the Olympic Mom (“Your kid isn’t walking yet? Wow, he’s so slow! My Thomas walked at nine months!”), so competitive she grills other Moms as to the duration of her labor or her child’s milestones? Or are you the ER Mom, who takes her offspring to the hospital at the first sign of a sniffle? Maybe you’re Organic Mom (“Don’t you realize cow’s milk is filled with cancer-causing chemicals?”) or Horny Mom (“Isn’t motherhood the best time to start sleeping around?”) or Boot Camp Mom, who runs her kids’ lives to a strict routine. The Mommy Mafia features more than seventy types of Moms, and whether you are one of these Moms, are related to one, or are friends with one…it’s time mothers laughed at themselves!
LJ Charleston is an award-winning Australian journalist and writer. A former news anchor, newspaper columnist, radio presenter, and mother of three boys, she’s the author of the popular blog The Mommy Mafia (www.themommymafiabook.blogspot.com) the novel Light Sweet Crude, picture book I Will Love You Until and true crime book Crazy Lady Criminals. Her short stories have been published in several anthologies including Some Girls Do…My Life as a Teenager, Your Mother Would Be Proud, What Is Mother Love? and What I Wish I Knew About Motherhood. LJ completed her Master of Arts thesis just five days before giving birth to her twins. She’s also been a catwalk model, a radio show host, and a TV reporter whose specialty in Hong Kong was reporting live from the scene of typhoons – but none of this prepared her for the onslaught of motherhood.
