Afterbirth

3/5
(20 votes)
Afterbirth

stories you won't read in a parenting magazine

Afterbirth is about what parenting is really like: full of inappropriate impulses, unbelievable frustrations, and idiotic situations. It’s about how life for some parents changes for the worse after their kids are born. Or so it feels.

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I definitely laughed out loud with this book and I read it pretty quickly because of how entertaining it is. Some parts did make me cringe and there were a couple parts I wish I could wash off of my brain.
Pure 100 percent fun a great book to read ! You will giggel after reading the book for a long time a long long time.
This book is pretty funny. There are some actual laugh out loud stories, especially if you've recently had a baby.
Super funny book!!! all moms should read it, especially moms that feel they are not perfect.
This book had our whole work place rollling in the aisles! It is really funny (but true!
I loved these essays--and I'm not even a parent! They are funny, raw, deeply felt, and beautifully written.
Afterbirth" is hilarious, touching and spot-on true! Way to go writers, I will be looking for more of your work.
Four years ago, before our first son was born, I had no idea what I was in for. I had no idea that some day, I'd watch in horror as one of the kids deliberately stepped in dog poop.
This book is so NOW! It is how young people react before and after becoming parents.
My husband thought I was crazy for laughing so much while reading this book. AMEN for writing the stuff that REALLY happens!.
This book was so funny, my water broke and I'm not even pregnant. If you are a parent or have thoughts about becoming one, this book is for you.
Having seen Afterbirth as a play first, I was delighted when the book came out. As a parent of soon to be four children, sometimes you just need to laugh.
This brilliant anthology describes significant moments in parenting (as only Hollywood writers can detail), without the sentimentality that so often creeps into such stories. Almost without exception, these essays ring true in chronicling the way that the messy, inconvenient, and exasperating job of parenting provides the rich and meaningful experience that parents have come to appreciate, but rarely have the opportunity to talk frankly and honestly about.
My partner bought this book for me after hearing about it on the radio. I laughed out loud while reading every essay in this book.
This collection of essays has the ring of welcome reality. Parenting as comedy, as fatigue, as demanding and in all of that, life altering and rewarding beyond anyone's ability to predict.

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