Download or read book The Cursing Mommy s Book of Days written by Ian Frazier and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on his widely read columns for The New Yorker, Ian Frazier's uproarious first novel, The Cursing Mommy's Book of Days, centers on a profoundly memorable character, sprung from an impressively fertile imagination. Structured as a daybook of sorts, the book follows the Cursing Mommy—beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and eight—as she tries (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass. Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Diller's and Sylvia Plath's: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life. Frazier has demonstrated an astonishing ability to operate with ease in a variety of registers: from On the Rez, an investigation into the lives of modern day Oglala Sioux written with a mix of humor, compassion, and imagination, to Dating Your Mom, a sidesplitting collection of humorous essays that imagines, among other things, how and why you might begin a romance with your mother. Here, Frazier tackles another genre with his usual grace and aplomb, as well as an extra helping of his trademark wicked wit. The Cursing Mommy's failures and weaknesses are our own—and Frazier gives them a loving, satirical spin that is uniquely his own.

Download or read book On the Rocks written by Susan D. Stewart and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Existing portrayals of women who drink typically fall into two categories: disturbing stories of women hitting “rock bottom,” resulting in ruined careers, families, and futures, or amusing stories of fun and harmless “girls’ nights out,” with women drinking and overindulging as a temporary escape from a never-ending list of work and family demands. Drawing on original research and extensive interviews with a diverse group of women, author Susan Stewart challenges these stereotypes, revealing women’s complex relationships with alcohol and factors associated with its use. In On the Rocks Stewart asks a question others might prefer stay buried: what about women's lives have changed such that they drink more alcohol? Stewart’s participants share stories of the many social forces that encourage women to drink: increased marketing of alcohol to women, the growing presence of alcohol in the workplace, pressure to drink from friends and family, and that drinking provides an easy “time-out” from children and housework. Stewarts' unvarnished examination of women and drinking challenges readers to think through its implications to individuals, families, and society.

Download or read book Reasons Mommy Drinks written by Lyranda Martin-Evans and published by Crown. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wickedly funny look at the challenges of new parenthood. With cocktail recipes. Being a new mom is “AHHHH! WHAT HAVE I DONE?” hard. Why are all these tiny clothes so expensive? Who wrote these mind-numbing board books? Will Mommy ever carry a purse again that’s not a diaper bag? And how is she even functioning off so little sleep? Reasons Mommy Drinks is a fresh, insightful, and hilarious collection of the various struggles faced by new parents—from mommy groups and single-people envy to the end of maternity leave—with a well-deserved cocktail recipe to go with each one. This must-have resource will help sleep-deprived new moms survive the baby years with their sense of humor, if not their lives as they once knew them, intact.

Download or read book Mommy Mixology written by Janet Frongillo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Download or read book Young and Immortal written by Tommy Anthony and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-07 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: an excruciatingly honest portrayal of adolescence from the conscience of a mild-mannered, sensitive narrator contemplating the quirks of his stormy friendship with this obnoxious, manipulative, irresponsible brute of an incidental muse. From white upper-middle class suburban Cedarburg, Wisconsin to the streets of Milwaukee, this odd pair finds a common bond in drugs, girls, and music as their discordant values develop, are tested, and change with the coming of age and pressures of society. With thoughtful commentary, this scrapbook-like memoir is colored with anecdotes, poems, letters, and perspective character asides, set against the backdrop of the current events and popular music of the time, from Cobain's suicide to the Clinton scandal to the Packers winning the Super Bowl. Confronting the more crude aspects of growing up that popular literature would otherwise skip over, it puts the "adult" back in "young adult" literary fiction.

Download or read book Theraplay written by Phyllis B. Booth and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theraplay?a pioneering application of attachment theory to clinical work—helps parents learn and practice how to provide the playful engagement, empathic responsiveness, and clear guidance that lead to secure attachment and lifelong mental health in their children. This third edition of the groundbreaking book Theraplay shows how to use play to engage children in interactions that lead to competence, self-regulation, self-esteem, and trust. Theraplay's relationship-based approach is uniquely designed to help families facing today's busy and often chaotic lifestyle challenges form joyful, loving relationships.

Download or read book The Basics of Adoption written by James L. Dickerson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-09-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With about 70,000 domestic and international adoptions each year in the United States and Canada, adoption remains a major means of building families in both countries. Its continued success can be inferred not only from the yearly statistics, but from a report issued in 2003 by the U.S. Census Bureau. To the surprise of many, the report announced the existence of 1.6 million adopted children in the U.S. under the age of eighteen. Written by a former social worker who has placed hundreds of children in foster and adoptive homes and a clinical psychologist who has counseled adopted children and parents, this book offers a comprehensive look at the adoption process by merging the best of social work with the best of psychology. Adoption can be a frustrating and intimidating undertaking for the unprepared. This guide provides prospective adoptive parents with the insider information that they need to navigate the process-and it provides students with the sort of expert opinion that they need to grasp the academic theory they receive in the classroom.

Download or read book Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening written by James L. Dickerson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screening applicants for adoption or foster homes has life-altering consequences for the children involved, yet there are incredibly few programs available to train screeners. The educational system that certifies thousands of social workers each year does not understand the specialized training required to screen adoptive and foster parents; social work schools provide minimal interview training and what training they do provide focuses on therapeutic interview techniques rather than screening skills. There is a clear need for a book like Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, one that can be incorporated into course requirements and used by working social workers and psychologists involved with adoption and foster parent screening. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening, written by a former social worker, who has placed hundreds of children into adoptive and foster homes, and a clinical psychologist, meshes the best of psychology and social work experience into a definitive guide for screening adoption and foster home applicants. The book provides information on: evaluating aberrant behavior and unhealthy parenting attitudes interview techniques psychological testing. Adoptive and Foster Parent Screening is based on case histories, research data, and interpretive analysis. The book is written in an accessible style free of technical language, thus making it appropriate for college-level students and professionals who don't have time to sift through empirical data to obtain accessible information that they can adapt to their profession.

Download or read book Mommy Beeps written by Kim Baillieul and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-30 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... Perhaps never before has type 1 diabetes been presented to children as endearingly and accessibly as by Kim Baillieul in the recently-published Mommy Beeps." -Maria Muccioli, PhD - writer for www.diabetesdaily.com Where does insulin go? In the butter compartment of the fridge, of course. Mommy Beeps is a story for children who have a parent, sibling, teacher, or other loved one who has diabetes. Explore the day in the life of a type 1 diabetic and her child as they go on adventures - dealing with high and low sugars, waiting on hold for lab results, and visiting the endocrinologist. Check out the book "highly recommended" by DiabetesDaily.com - with detailed illustrations of diabetic supplies & machines that beep (whether a meter or pump), Mommy Beeps provides opportunities to discuss the varying ways diabetes can be managed and how it impacts those around them. This book is sure to be an essential for any child who is close with anyone who has type 1 diabetes (or type 2!) - but is not diabetic themselves. Author Kim Baillieul and Illustrator Elisena Bonadio make their debut with Mommy Beeps, a passion project - independently published through their label Bonus Spoon Books, which aims to help people with chronic illnesses educate and advocate the little ones in their lives.

Download or read book The Moon Juice Cookbook written by Amanda Chantal Bacon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The founder of L.A.’s hottest wellness boutique, Amanda Chantal Bacon offers the ultimate resource for foodies looking to restore their health the natural way, using functional foods to create seriously healing drinks, snacks, and sweet treats. Since Amanda Chantal Bacon founded Moon Juice in 2011, it has evolved into one of the nation’s fastest growing wellness brands, and in The Moon Juice Cookbook, she artfully distills her powerful approach to healthy living, sharing over 75 recipes for the brand’s most popular healing beverages and provisions. Amanda’s recipes harness the healing properties of adaptogenic herbs, raw foods, and alkalizing ingredients to create potent drinks, snacks, and sweets that deliver a multitude of benefits, including sparked libido, glowing skin, and boosted immunity. She begins by guiding readers through the fundamentals of the Moon Juice kitchen, teaching them how to stock the larder with milks, juices, cultured foods, and “unbakery” doughs and crèmes—all of which can be mixed and matched to create nutritionally turbo-charged meals with minimal effort—and the essential time- and money-saving strategies they’ll need to make their new kitchen practices stick. With recipes for healthful, delectable indulgences like Strawberry Rose Geranium Bars, Hot Sex Milk, Savory Tart with Cheese and Tomato Filling, Pulp Brownies with Salted Caramel Sauce, Yam Julius Milk, and Chocolate Chaga Donuts, The Moon Juice Cookbook is the stylish yet pragmatic roadmap readers need to achieve optimal wellness in a natural and delicious way.

Download or read book Mommy s Little Monster written by Dawn McNiff and published by Chicken House. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tiny Troll is very unhappy that his mother is leaving him with a babysitter while she goes to a party for grown-ups and throws a giant tantrum. What will soothe her little monster? Full color.

Download or read book Impact Techniques for Therapists written by Danie Beaulieu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impact Techniques for Therapists teaches the basic principles of Impact Therapy, first developed by Ed Jacobs in 1992. Drawing heavily on the work of Milton Erickson, this form of therapy uses a creative and interactive approach to counseling that involves all senses in the therapeutic process. These innovative, multisensory techniques will incorporate therapist-client exchanges on not only verbal but also visual and kinesthetic levels, thereby increasing the efficacy of the intervention. Accompanied by a conversational tone and vivid artwork, Beaulieu presents concrete examples of props and movements that can be introduced into therapy and thoroughly illustrates their different uses. Originally written and published in French as a handbook for therapists, Dr. Beaulieu’s formative work is now available in a new English edition, with a more encompassing introduction as well as updated case examples. The model set forth in this book can be integrated easily and seamlessly into the practice of a wide variety of mental health professionals seeking to discover new and innovative developments in brief therapy.

Download or read book Folie a Deux written by L.L. Hunter and published by L.L. Hunter. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradise Academy trains killers who live by three simple orders: Follow the rules. Do the job. Don’t ask questions. Talys McDonald walked into Amber’s mess of a life carrying a secret even bigger than hers. Bonding over their trauma, they both felt an instant connection that was overshadowed by a shocking truth. Their families are rivals… And they’re in love. Suddenly, Amber finds herself questioning everything and everyone she has ever known. What has her family been keeping from her? And what are the dark truths he refuses to reveal? As she navigates her way through lessons at the prestigious academy, she begins to wonder who she can trust… if anyone. In the highly-anticipated second installment of the Riverside Oak Mysteries, one old adage rings true: keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But maybe stop short of falling in love with them…

Download or read book Jackko written by Pagadala Vijay Kumar and published by Pagadala Vijay Kumar. This book was released on 2024-09-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frustration motivates, sometimes. Jackko’s not aware, he’s a traveler and witnesses OBE. His frustration motivates him to live positive. Now he’s an efficient restaurant manager, besides a perfect software programmer. Kasturi’s desperate life as a single parent, forced her to ignore a few traditions and norms. She needs a man to take care of them. Now, she’s decided, not to live in fear. Rwuangishe's on the run, chased from the age of fourteen, and his life taught him survival tactics. He believes escaping from the enemy as winning and follows a method of non-violence. Now, it's a tough time for Nuzveku to defeat his enemy.

Download or read book Bagman written by Bill Paquette and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stevie Dyer had a knack for making loads of money from the time he began selling newspapers at a large defense company outside of Boston. So when he meets CJ Wilson and Billy Toye while in the Air Force, coming up with a get-rich quick scheme is only a matter of time. Putting their heads together, the three friends form The Black Gold Investment Corp., with Stevie putting up the money to get it started. It isnt long before the three partners are awash in money, but with success comes problems. I dont know squat about investing, and while Im vacationing in Vietnam you guys mind our little store, Stevie tells them. Little store! Billy shouts back. In case you are not aware you jerk, our little store is worth over twenty-five million dollars!!! Filled with romance, rivalry, war stories, and the type of conflict only money can bring, youll be amazed by the twists and turns in Bagman.

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Download or read book Moms Go To Recipes written by Gooseberry Patch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated with 22 photos! As busy moms, we love sitting down to a home-cooked meal with our families, don't you? It can be a challenge to serve up taste-tempting, healthy meals that will please everyone, but we think we have the answer. Mom's Go-To Recipes has 252 family-friendly recipes for every occasion, from home cooks just like you. Start the day off right with a great breakfast. Speedy Egg Sandwiches and Freezer French Toast Sticks are just right for hungry kids...wrap them up and take 'em along! You'll find plenty of delicious dinnertime recipes, including lots of one-pot meals. Cook up Zucchini Spaghetti on the stovetop in no time at all, or try oven-baked goodness like Sheet Pan Sausage Bake or Cheesy Chicken Hot Dish for pure comfort. If low & slow is your choice, fill up the slow cooker with Easy Mexican Chicken. Momma's Cheesy Potato Soup or Connie's Black Bean & Corn Chili are perfect for lunchtime and light suppers. Make it a meal with Lillie's Fruit Salad on the side. You can't go wrong with these recipes! For snacktime and party time, there are treats like Chip Chicken Lollipops and Pizza-Style Nachos. Sweet endings include Fudgy Choco-Toffee Bars and Banana Split Ice Cream Pie...yum! We've included easy-to-follow directions using familiar ingredients, plus quick & easy cooking tips and clever ideas for sharing food and fun. Just look inside...you're sure to find a recipe you want to try tonight! 252 Recipes Table of contents: Off You Go! Breakfasts - Just a Bite for Lunch - Sizzling Stovetop Suppers - Classic Oven-Baked Comfort Foods - Slow-Cooker Family Favorites - After-School Snacks & Party Treats - Mom's Best Desserts