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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood : Wise and Witty Advice on Everything from Coping with Postpartum Moodswings To Paperback - 1997 - 1st Edition
by Vicki Iovine
- Used
- Paperback
The author of the enormously successful "Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy" brings a mother's wisdom and a girlfriend's candor to the first book in a fresh new series of guides to motherhood. Readers will learn about baby euphoria, postpartum mood swings, salvaging one's sex life, and fitting into that favorite pair of jeans.
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- Title The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood : Wise and Witty Advice on Everything from Coping with Postpartum Moodswings To
- Author Vicki Iovine
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition New
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1997
- Features Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0399523308I2N00
- ISBN 9780399523304 / 0399523308
- Weight 0.73 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.08 x 0.78 in (23.39 x 15.44 x 1.98 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Holiday: Mother's Day
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Topical: Friendship
- Library of Congress subjects Motherhood, Childbirth
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-12982
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.874
Summary
"Baby euphoria": Is it a mind-altering drug?
"Husband? What Husband?": Taking care of the big baby, as well as the little baby
"I Want My Old Body Back!": What you can fix and what you can't
"The Droning Phenomenon": The inability to discuss anything but your baby for more than thirty seconds
"Do I Have to Become Carol Brady?": Conquering your fear of being a less-than-perfect mother
"Competitive Mothering": Coping with know-it-alls, finger-pointers, and others who try to "Out-Mom" you
NOTE: Pausing to read this book may be the only selfish thing you do all year, since you'll have time for nothing else!
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Citations
- Library Journal, 09/01/1997, Page 210
- Publishers Weekly, 07/07/1997, Page 63