Description
From the Book Back
When it comes to your new baby, everyone from Dr. Spock to Dr. Brazleton has an armful of advice. But no one’s delivering any tips on how you can care for yourself. Now, four-time delivery room veteran Vicki Iovine answers your questions, calms your fears, and cracks you up as only a girlfriend can, with straight advice and hilarious observations on…
- “Baby euphoria”: Is it a mind-altering drug?
- “Husband? What Husband?”: Taking care of the big baby, as well as the little baby
- “I Want My Old Body Back”: What you can fix and what you can’t
- “The Droning Phenomenon”: The inability to discuss anything but your baby for more than thirty seconds
- “Do I Have to Become Carol Brady?”: Conquering your fear of being a less-than-perfect mother
- “Competitive Mothering”: Coping with know-it-alls, finger-pointers, and others who try to “Out-Mom” you
NOTE: Pausing to read this book may be the only selfish thing you do all year, since you’ll have time for nothing else!
Publishing Info
The Girlfriends’ Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood by Vicki Iovine. From the First Edition in 1977 by Perigee. The ISBN is 0-399-52330-8. This paperback book measures 9-1/4″ x 6″ and has 272 pages, ending with the Index.
Condition
See the photo above. The book is in very good condition for age with some handling/storage on the cover. The spine has not been opened/creased. The pages are in very good condition overall with some storage on the corner tips. No names or other markings found. From clean, smoke-free home.
Shipping
Generally sent the same day payment arrives. Unless you request otherwise, I will wrap the book in plastic wrap to help protect it from the elements, tightly sandwich it between pieces of cardboard, then wrap in brown paper to send via Media Mail with Delivery Confirmation tracking. See the shipping page for the cost to send a one-pound Media Mail package. Insurance is an additional cost as described. I am delighted to combine postage and insurance costs if you purchase more than one item. The second item may travel for free or just a few cents more — so it’s worth taking a look at my other items before you complete your order.
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If you’d like more information or photos for The Girlfriends’ Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood, please feel free to contact me. If it’s the price you don’t like, make a reasonable offer.
See my other parenting books — and ask about the combined-postage discount!
