Stepmonster, Wednesday Martin
Stepmonster, Wednesday Martin
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Stepmonster
A New Look at Why Real Stepmothers Think, Feel, and Act the Way We Do

Author: Wednesday Martin

Narrator: Cris Dukehart

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/29/2015

Synopsis

What makes stepmothering so hard? And why are we, as people and a culture, so hard on stepmothers? How can we make it easier?

Stepmonster is a truly unique and groundbreaking book for women with stepchildren, men with kids who repartner, adult stepchildren, and anyone who cares about them. It is a comprehensive, cross-cultural, research-based reconsideration of stepfamily dynamics—from the perspective of the stepmother. How does she think, act, and feel, and why?

Part no-holds barred memoir of stepmothering in the trenches, part analysis of why stepmothering is tough and steps women with stepkids can take to thrive, Stepmonster has been hailed as "the thinking woman's guide to stepmothering" and "life altering," igniting conversations, controversy, and changes in how we perceive and experience stepmothering.

About Wednesday Martin

Wednesday Martin, PhD, has worked as a writer and social researcher in New York City for more than two decades. The author of Stepmonster and the instant New York Times bestseller Primates of Park Avenue, she has appeared on Today, CNN, NPR, NBC News, BBC's Newshour, and Fox News as an expert on step-parenting and parenting issues. She writes for the online edition of Psychology Today, and her work has appeared in the New York Times and time.com. She was a regular contributor to New York Post's parenting and lifestyle pages for several years and has written for the Daily Telegraph. Wednesday received her PhD from Yale University and lives in New York City with her husband and their two sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sonia on February 09, 2012

Let me start off by saying that nothing has liberated me from my internal struggles with step-motherhood like this book has. It has allowed me to feel okay about how I feel. Before my marriage I knew I was going to need some good advice on step-mothering so I bought a book on it. (And many others si......more

Goodreads review by Jennie on September 13, 2015

I am a stepmother. I am stepmother who never wanted kids. I am a stepmother who never wanted kids who nonetheless has a pretty fantastic relationship with her stepkids. For these reasons, this is going to be an intensely personal book review. I learned a few things from this book. 1) 70% of remarria......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on August 18, 2010

"Stepmonster" is a book from the perspective of and about stepmothers. I should add in my disclaimer here. I was eleven when my father married my current stepmother, I am a divorced father of three girls, sixteen, thirteen and eight, I am currently living with my fiancé (who has no children prior to......more

Goodreads review by Alene on May 18, 2012

So so so so so glad I read this book! As a stepmother I've never felt more validated in my life for every feeling I've ever had of being misunderstood, misjudged, and a complete outsider in my own home. The answer to all of those painful tensions, spoken or not, and painful feelings just isn't to ju......more

Goodreads review by Michael on December 13, 2009

I'm in the middle of reading this book. As a father of a teen who lives with my wife (the stepmother) and me, I'm finding this book enlightening. It's really helping me to understand the dynamics of our home through my wife's eyes. The role of stepmother is so challenging and often so thankless. Rea......more

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