So I’ve read two other books by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor. One was written prior to her starting a family — it’s all stories about boys and drunken nights and celebrity encounters. It’s cute, but nothing special (I reviewed it at one point this year on CBR). Then I read another of her books, written after she came to terms with her drinking problem, which struck in earnest while she struggled with three kids, two of whom were preemie twins. That one was pretty good –frankly written and funny. Sippy […]
Parenting for the modern world
I’ve read one of memoir by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor (and I have one more in my queue), but this book, Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic, focuses much more on parenting than the last (I’m Kind of a Big Deal). It’s funnier, too, in my opinion. That might just be because I can relate more to evil children who won’t sleep than to driving around celebrities in a limo. “I need friends who understand my limitations and have lowered their expectations. They get that although I said I’d […]
I recognized her name from Nickelodeon….
Stefanie Wilder-Taylor hosts a late night (well, 9pm) stand up show on Nickelodeon. I knew I had heard her name somewhere before I read the book, and it struck me at one point. Her stand up (which I’ve never really watched, but I catch the commercials when they rerun Friends…) focuses mostly on mom stuff. I doubt, however, that it gets as real as this book does. Most of I’m Kind of a Big Deal: And Other Delusions of Adequacy focuses on Wilder-Taylor’s (slow, grueling) ascent […]