{"product_id":"amateur-hour-motherhood-in-essays-and-swear-words-9780062838742","title":"Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Kimberly Harrington deftly and hilariously uncovers all of the lies and bullshit women are told about motherhood. This book made me laugh, sure, but it also made me feel seen.\" -- Jennifer Romolini, chief content officer at Shondaland.com and author of \u003cem\u003eWeird in a World That's Not\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn emotionally honest, arresting, and funny collection of essays about motherhood and adulthood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Being a mother is a gift.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhere's my receipt?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to essayist Kimberly Harrington's poetic and funny world of motherhood, womanhood, and humanhood, not necessarily in that order. It's a place of loud parenting, fierce loving, too much social media, and occasional inner monologues where timeless debates are resolved such as Pro\/Con: Caving to PTO Bake Sale Pressure (\"PRO: Skim the crappiest brownies for myself. CON: They're really crappy.\") With accessibility and wit, she captures the emotions around parenthood in artful and earnest ways, highlighting this time in the middle--midlife, the middle years of childhood, how women are stuck in the middle of so much. It's a place of elation, exhaustion, and time whipping past at warp speed. Finally, it's a quiet space to consider the girl you were, the mother you are, and the woman you are always becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarrington, Kimberly:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eKimberly Harrington is the author of \u003cem\u003eAmateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBut You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, In Pieces and Bits\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work is included in the collections \u003cem\u003eMerciless \u0026amp; Unpredictable: A McSweeney's Guide to Parenting\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKeep Scrolling Till You Feel Something: Twenty-One Years of Humor From McSweeney's Internet Tendency\u003c\/em\u003e. She's a columnist and regular contributor to \u003cem\u003eMcSweeney's \u003c\/em\u003eand her work has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/em\u003e and The Cut. A long-time copywriter and creative director for design studios and brands, her clients have included Apple, Nike, and Netflix.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50513796825362,"sku":"9780062838742","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cf7c2aac-ed6f-4e1a-a4d5-df88abffea28.jpg?v=1730967310","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/amateur-hour-motherhood-in-essays-and-swear-words-9780062838742","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}