A review by lcline1981
Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet Waldman

Ayelet Waldman's essays are honest. They are usually brash, often hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, and sometimes simply TMI. I enjoyed them tremendously. She tells her reader -- and one can't help but keep thinking that she is also telling her children -- what seems like it must be everything about her marriage, from her (in)famous comment that she loves her husband more than her children, to tales about her past sexual promiscuity, to a truly gut-wrenching essay about having to decide whether to keep a baby with a genetic defect. Sometimes I don't agree with Waldman and her decisions, and sometimes I don't like her, but I respect her truthfulness and her talent as a writer. She also paints such a loving picture of her husband that it is hard for me to understand how anyone could begrudge her those feelings.


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