Amateur hour: motherhood in essays and swear words
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New York : Harper Perennial, [2018].
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Book
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First edition.
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x, 308 pages ; 21 cm
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"Welcome to essayist Kimberly Harrington's poetic and funny world of motherhood, womanhood, and humanhood--not necessarily in that order. It's a place of loud parenting, fierce loving, too much social media, and occasional inner monologues where timeless debates are resolved such as Pro/Con: Caving to PTO Bake Sale Pressure ("PRO: Skim the crappiest brownies for myself. CON: They're really crappy."). With accessibility and wit, she captures the emotions around parenthood in artful and earnest ways, highlighting this time in the middle--midlife, the middle years of childhood, and how women are stuck in the middle of so much. It's a place of elation, exhaustion, and time whipping past at warp speed. Finally, it's a quiet space to consider the girl you were, the mother you are, and the woman you are always becoming."--Page [4] of cover.
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English
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9780062838742, 0062838741
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"Welcome to essayist Kimberly Harrington's poetic and funny world of motherhood, womanhood, and humanhood--not necessarily in that order. It's a place of loud parenting, fierce loving, too much social media, and occasional inner monologues where timeless debates are resolved such as Pro/Con: Caving to PTO Bake Sale Pressure ("PRO: Skim the crappiest brownies for myself. CON: They're really crappy."). With accessibility and wit, she captures the emotions around parenthood in artful and earnest ways, highlighting this time in the middle--midlife, the middle years of childhood, and how women are stuck in the middle of so much. It's a place of elation, exhaustion, and time whipping past at warp speed. Finally, it's a quiet space to consider the girl you were, the mother you are, and the woman you are always becoming."--Page [4] of cover.
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Harrington, K. (2018). Amateur hour: motherhood in essays and swear words. First edition. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Harrington, Kimberly. 2018. Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Harrington, Kimberly, Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words. Harper Perennial, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Harrington, Kimberly. Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words. First edition. Harper Perennial, 2018.
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