How Not to Be a Perfect Mother - Brossura

Purves, Libby

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ISBN 10: 000636988X ISBN 13: 9780006369882

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 1994

Riassunto

This is a book which sets out to show that even the most unpromising madonna can survive the years of looking after babies and toddlers. Full of down-to-earth tips and anecdotes, this is a battle-manual for the mother on the front line - going from pregnancy to pre-schoolers, and taking in sibling fights, fraught outings, nannies and careers along the way.

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L'autore:

LIBBY PURVES was a late starter, having her first baby at thirty-two. Previously she practised for motherhood by carrying heavy tape recorders round all day (on BBC Radio Oxford), getting up at 3.30am (as presenter of the Radio 4 Today programme), and by refereeing contentious arguments (as chair of BBC TV’s Choices).

Libby Purves has written and edited several books, and writes for a number of newspapers and magazines. Now she lives in Suffolk with her husband, Paul Heiney, her son of eleven and daughter of nine. Once a week, she escapes from home life by travelling to London to present the Radio 4 chat show, Midweek, in which only two people are ever allowed to talk at once, and nobody’s nose needs wiping.

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WHICH ARE YOU?

Perfect mothers

smile serenely

run immaculate homes

make nappies into kites

read books on Child Development

never raise their voices

Real mothers

have food on their jumpers

never finish anything

limp from treading on Sticklebricks

read romantic novels on the quiet

squeak with exhaustion

With sparkling humour and a low cunning born of four years spent catching food before it hits the floor, Libby Purves shows that even the most unpromising madonna can survive the years of looking after babies and toddlers.
Full of down-to-earth tips and hilarious anecdotes, this is a battle-manual for the mother on the front line – going from pregnancy to pre-schoolers, and taking in sibling fights, fraught outings, nannies and careers along the way.

Drawing on her own experience of domestic havoc with two babies, and on the wit and wisdom of fifty like-minded mothers, Libby Purves shamelessly describes how to cut the corners and bend the rules which never mattered much anyway. 'How Not to Be a Perfect Mother' is an invaluable guide to being an imperfect mother and enjoying it.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 000636988X
• ISBN 13: 9780006369882
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192