Momumental: Adventures in the Messy Art of Raising A Family - Softcover

Grant, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1617950742 ISBN 13: 9781617950742

Verlag: Worthy Publishing, 2012

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Celebrating the joyous art of being a mother, MOMumental offers an inspiring, honest, and infectiously humorous look at the perils and pleasures of raising a family in the real world.

Once a devout believer in the myth of the perfect mother, author Jennifer Grant now has a more realistic yet still upbeat view of parenting and families. Instead of focusing on creating a conflict-free home, raising picture-perfect kids, and being an ideal mother, Grant offers a wiser and more down-to-earth way to love your children that makes room for mistakes and imperfections. She says, “I share stories about family life and how I’ve come to appreciate the mess of it. I am grateful for my own happy, idiosyncratic, and imperfect family.”

MOMumental is one mother’s account of the unpredictable, creative, sometimes hilarious, and always rewarding process of raising a family. It’s filled with funny and poignant stories from her everyday life—a life that mothers everywhere can identify with.

MOMumental is a book about parenting, family, and intentional relationships for readers who normally avoid such fare like an overzealous street evangelist. (Raises hand.) Its wit and wisdom completely enraptured me. A delightful and surprising gift to us all.

Cathleen Falsani
award-winning journalist and author

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MOMUMENTAL Family life is an adventure in becoming real...

Jennifer Grant’s girlhood dream of being the perfect mom withered quickly once she got a real taste of the messy, creative, sometimes hilarious, and often taxing process of raising a family. With MOMumental, she presents a warm, compassionate book filled with uncommon and amusing insights about being an intentional parent—and about realizing that family matters, no matter what yours is like.

“Grant gives moms a real treasure in this book: the knowledge that none of us is perfect and yet each of us is up to the monumental task of building a great family.” CARYN DAHLSTRAND RIVADENEIRA, AUTHOR

“Jennifer Grant’s new book is as refreshing as a latte break, as forgiving as your best friend, and a lot cheaper than a therapist. Grant will make you realize that your kids will be fine—and so will you.” MEG COX, AUTHOR

“Wow. Jennifer Grant’s MOMumental is more than a parenting book. It is a love story reminding us that imperfection should be celebrated, not feared.” KIRK MARTIN, FOUNDER OF CELEBRATECALM.COM AND CELEBRATEADHD.COM

“MOMumental’s wit and wisdom so enraptured me, I found myself taking notes. Moreover, it elicited such from-the-bottom-of-my-soul laughter that I caused a full-blown scene on the cross-country plane ride where I read it. Fasten your seat belts, folks; you’re in for an unforgettable ride.” CATHLEEN FALSANI, JOURNALIST

Jennifer Grant is mother to four children and author of Love You More: The Divine Surprise of Adopting My Daughter (2011). For more than a decade she wrote for papers in the Sun-Times newsgroup. Currently she writes features for the Chicago Tribune and is a regular contributor to her.meneutics, Christianity Today magazine’s blog for women. Grant is a Wheaton College graduate who received her master’s in English and Creative Writing from Southern Methodist University. She lives outside of Chicago, IL.

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• Verlag: Worthy Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1617950742
• ISBN 13: 9781617950742
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260