I Want My Epidural Back, Karen Alpert
I Want My Epidural Back, Karen Alpert
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I Want My Epidural Back
Adventures in Mediocre Parenting

Author: Karen Alpert

Narrator: Karen Alpert

Unabridged: 4 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/05/2016

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Now that I’m a mom, I know the most painful part isn’t getting something giant through your hooha. It’s having a real live child.If you are the kind of mom who shapes your kiddo’s organic quinoa into reproductions of the Mona Lisa, do not read this book. If you stayed up past midnight to create posters for your PTO presidential campaign, do not read this book. If you look down your nose at parents who have Domino’s pizza on speed dial, do not read this book.But if you are the kind of parent who accidentally goes ballistic on your rugrats every morning because they won’t put their shoes on and then you feel super guilty about it all day so you take them to McDonalds for a special treat but really it’s because you opened up your freezer and panicked because you forgot to buy more frozen pizzas, then absolutely read this book.I WANT MY EPIDURAL BACK is a celebration of mediocre parents and how awesome they are and how their kids love them just as much as children with perfect parents. Karen Alpert’s honest but hilarious observations, stories, quips and pictures will have you nodding your head and peeing in your pants. Or on the toilet if you’re smart and read it there.

About Karen Alpert

Karen Alpert loves her family, chocolate and writing, in that order. So when she’s not taking care of her kiddos or drinking Hershey’s syrup straight from the bottle, she’s probably working on her blog Baby Sideburns where she entertains hundreds of thousands of stressed out parents every day. She is a New York Times bestselling author and also an expert nagger who relentlessly badgers her husband until he finally breaks down and does what she wants.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Teri on June 02, 2016

I need to remember to not read these types of books in long stretches, because I end up not enjoying them as much as I could. While great if you are just picking it up to read a bit for a laugh here and there, I found the constant derogatory pet names that the author used to refer to her children gr......more

Goodreads review by Aimen on December 01, 2016

This book came up as an option for one of the best books of the year and it was just so hard for me to read without cringing. This author uses way too much profanity and "OMG"s. Try hard much? Anyways, some of the content was managable but overall pessimistic. I feel bad for her kids and I know ther......more

Goodreads review by Mary-anne on June 26, 2016

It was cute. I really enjoyed the beginning and all of the stories. I got bogged down toward the end mostly because I could no longer identify with her reasons.......more

Goodreads review by Lyneidas on April 05, 2016

This is a funny book. Don't be thrown off by my four stars; I am cantankerous and only give that to things I think might possibly become classic literature, and having taken a number of classes from an English department, it is quite clear that Mark Twain is the only funny person ever to break into......more

Goodreads review by Teena in Toronto on May 24, 2018

I'm a childfree (by choice) and I haven't spent a lot of time around children (I've never ever changed a diaper ... and I'm okay with that). So I'm not sure why I picked up this book as it's about parenting ... but I'm glad I did as I found it hilarious. The author is 40ish, married and has two young......more

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