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She can take the field with you on the football team, she collects items for a scrapbook to document the most embarrassing moments of your life, and she deserves the best, whether she's your biological, working, single, adoptive, earth, in-law, unwed, or unfit mother. This collection of New Yorker cartoons, mostly hilarious but also occasionally poignant, focuses on the diversity of motherhood from the point of view of those who are mothers and from those who obviously are not. You may have her first nose, her best years, and her three-page internal memo on the use of the fridge, but you may also have her constant concern about whether you will ever marry and how you will spend your money. Spend it on this, give it to her, and she will find herself on at least every other page. This is loaded with guilt and laughs. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Tastier than chocolate, longer lasting than a bouquet of flowers, and guaranteed to be just her size, The Book of Moms features 100 hilarious New Yorker cartoons about motherhood from cartoon greats like Roz Chast, Danny Shanahan, Leo Cullum, and 43 more."Know that for every exuberant 'I love you' from a three-year-old, you're bound to get a, as they say, developmentally appropriate 'I hate you' from a thirteen-year-old. The trick is to embrace the one and let go of the other. . . . Laughter helps." --Cartoonist Barbara Smaller, introduction to the Book of MomsPerfect for Mother's Day, new moms, and sharp daughters-in-law, enjoy these 100 sarcastically pitch-perfect cartoons culled from The New Yorker archives to celebrate Mom's unique motherly mom-ness. Now, you don’t even need to subscribe to get in on the jokes. More The New Yorker Magazine Book of Mom CartoonsSince 1925, The New Yorker has cultivated the creme de la creme of cartooning elite, a vanguard of sketching artists with astute wit and clever perceptions of life and living. Inside this special collection, foremost New Yorker cartoonists such as Charles Barsotti, Robert Mankoff, and Barbara Smaller offer up 100 black-and-white single-panel cartoons in tribute to a diverse array of moms, ranging from football and CEO moms to tattooed and jack-in-the-box moms. A witty introduction by New Yorker cartoonist Barbara Smaller opens this homage to parenting by calling attention to a few of her favorite strips within the collection, including:* Roz Chast's "Bad Mom cards, where Lucy, Gloria, and others are guilty, guilty, guilty of such crimes as not making Play-Doh from scratch or serving orange soda."* Sam Gross's cartoon depicting a "primordial ooze rising out of a test tube . . . inquiring hopefully of the scientist, 'Are you my mommy?'"
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