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