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How to Party with an Infant by Kaui Hart Hemmings

March 19, 2019 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

Something about this book just did not connect, and I’m really torn about whether it’s me or the author who’s the issue. Mele Hart is a single mom in San Francisco whose boyfriend/baby’s father turned out to be already engaged (this isn’t a spoiler, it’s on the blurb). She’s part of a playgroup with a few other moms and one dad. People get assigned to small groups (is this a thing? The closest thing I’ve heard of is MOPS) by a larger organization, which also […]

https://cannonballread.com/2019/03/how-to-party-with-an-infant-blingle-bells/

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: how to party with an infant, Kaui Hart Hemmings, mom culture, Parenting, San Francisco

Blingle Bells's CBR11 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: how to party with an infant, Kaui Hart Hemmings, mom culture, Parenting, San Francisco ·
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Being seen, being acknowledged: Worth its weight in gold.

December 2, 2016 by NTE 1 Comment

Everybody’s experiences are different, right? Nobody had the same exact high school experience as anybody else; nobody’s Christmases, or prison terms, or piano recitals are exactly alike; And nobody’s experience of parenting is exactly 100% the same as any others. But the thing about writing is that it takes all the things that are unique and singular, and somehow makes them feel universal.  There’s something about mothering, about parenting, something about loving a child so much to the exclusion of all else that, even though […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fiction Tagged With: but not mommy wars, Fiction, how to parent and still have a life, how to party with an infant, Kaui Hart Hemmings, parenting humor, social anxiety

NTE's CBR8 Review No:18 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fiction · Tags: but not mommy wars, Fiction, how to parent and still have a life, how to party with an infant, Kaui Hart Hemmings, parenting humor, social anxiety ·
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