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People I want to punch in the throat : competitive crafters, drop-off despots, and other suburban scourges

Author

Jen Mann

Call Number

  • 818.602 M2818.1 (CEN)

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Publication Information

New York : Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks, [2014]

Physical Description

viii, 208 pages ; 21 cm

Summary

Mann brings her sharp wit to bear on suburban life, marriage, and motherhood. From the politics of joining a play group, to the thrill of mothers' night out at the gun range, nothing is sacred or off-limits.

Contents

  • People I want to punch in the face: a short list
  • You've got mail!
  • Take your mother's sandwich and shove it
  • The hubs or the cleaning lady, don't make me choose
  • God bless America (and thongs)
  • Just some of the many reasons the neighbors always hate us
  • Screw your playgroup, I didn't want to join anyway
  • Gomer might be a racist
  • Jeez, lady, I just wanted a cup of coffee, not your kidney
  • Hello mother, hello father, signing up for camp sucks
  • Ooh, sorry to hear you got Agnes in your class, but I hear her mother is lovely
  • Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's sweet-ass ride
  • Am i supposed to believe a five-year-old made that?
  • Carpool lines and bunny pajamas go together like ... nothing. They don't go together at all.
  • The husband inquisition
  • Who needs Dr. Phil when we have Adolpha?
  • Do you ever invite me over when you're not trying to sell me something?
  • Sleepover is not a party theme! and other stupid things suburban moms complain about
  • It's free bowling, lady, not the Junior Olympics
  • I thought mother's little helper was a babysitter. I was wrong, it's drugs.
  • Motherhood: the toughest competition you'll ever judge
  • Watch it, that room mom'll cut you
  • Would you take less that a qurarter for this Swarovski vase?
  • Moms' night out at the gun range.

Genres

Humor.