Moms Go Where Angels Fear to Tread

by Anderson, Joan Wester

• ISBN13: 9780824947811
• ISBN10: 0824947819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-08-01
• Publisher: Guideposts

Summary

New York Times best-selling author Joan Wester Anderson , in the tradition of Erma Bombeck, shares funny, wise, wacky and faith-grounded experiences of family life. Hysterical one minute and touching the next, the book's bite-size chapters contain hilarious personal stories and observations about the everyday experiences of motherhood that culminate in unexpected insights. Joan Wester Anderson uses humor from her own life to help make sense of a mom's everyday chaos and has readers laughing out loud in the process. In reflections with such titles as Homemaker Trapped in Frozen Foods , Pills, Drills and Me , and Wanted: Just One More Closet , Joan tells stories that run the gamut from the day to day high drama of trying to do too much in too little time (balancing kids doctor appointments, car repairs, pre-vacation planning and her own part-time career) to trying to find a life beyond motherhood. The truth can hurt ( The first party I ever threw as a newlywed was so dull that even my husband left, Joan admits) but sometimes it can set you free as in the free therapy of monthly lunch dates with fellow moms. What else can you do after you ve talked the kids out of a dog and instead get a low maintenance gerbil which immediately gives birth to 14 baby gerbils! Moms Go Where Angels Fear to Tread is a delightfully funny and touching read that will inspire you one minute, and have you laughing out loud the next. For every woman, mother-to-be, mother, grandmother, and anyone who had a mom.

Author Biography

Joan Wester Anderson's numerous books include the New York Times best seller Where Angels Walk, The Power of Miracles, Guardian Angels and In the Arms of Angels. She is a popular speaker and a frequent guest on radio and TV talk shows. Joan has five grown children and lives with her husband in Prospect Heights, Illinois. Visit her online at joanwanderson.com.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Intensive Training Course	p. 1
What's in a Name?	p. 6
First, Second or Third	p. 10
A Handy Real Estate Guide	p. 14
Be Careful What You Pray For	p. 18
Out to Lunch	p. 23
Thinking about Remodeling?	p. 28
A February Prayer	p. 34
When It's Time for Preschool	p. 38
Pills, Drills and Me	p. 43
Organization 101	p. 47
Remember the Rose	p. 52
Put a Little Culture in the Family	p. 56
The Play	p. 60
A Star Is Born	p. 62
Wanted: Just One More Closet	p. 69
Housewife Trapped in Frozen Foods	p. 74
What Is a Twelve-Year-Old?	p. 79
My Sister, My Friend	p. 83
Marvelous May	p. 87
Regrets	p. 92
How to Survive Summer	p. 95
You Are Cordially Invited	p. 99
Just a Moment of Your Time ...	p. 103
The Field Trip	p. 108
Those Who Can, Teach	p. 110
Over the River and Through the Woods	p. 116
My Personal Wish List	p. 120
A Lemon by Any Other Name	p. 124
It Is September	p. 129
Voluntary Guidelines	p. 134
My Tattered Friend	p. 139
Neither Sleet nor Snow	p. 142
Ah, Those Memories	p. 147
The Undersigned Pledge To ...	p. 151
Happy 39th (Sort Of)	p. 155
One Way to Get a Gumdrop	p. 159
Give Thanks for Thanksgiving	p. 163
What Is December?	p. 170
The Last Word	p. 175
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Excerpts

New York Times best-selling author Joan Wester Anderson, in the tradition of Erma Bombeck, shares funny, wise, wacky and faith-grounded experiences of family life. Hysterical one minute and touching the next, the book's bite-size chapters contain hilarious personal stories and observations about the everyday experiences of motherhood that culminate in unexpected insights.

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