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Real Mums Review – “No Sweat” & “Parenting” in the same sentence?
Posted by: | CommentsAh, what a sweet, sweet suprise to arrive on our desk!
A book. With the words No Sweat Parenting in the title.
Sounding good so far. These words were followed immediately by the words Six Parenting Myths Debunked – we had to pick it up and read it.
Renee Mill, clinical physchologist, with over 30 years of experience and author of this fabulous time asks the question we all want to know; when did good parenting get so exhausting?, and when did it become crucual to be perfect?
The book had us nodding and “oh my goodnessing” we did was amazing. The relief we felt at being given back our power as parents, the greater understanding of how things work in the parent-child relationship was even better.
The personal stories and situations added the element of relatability which assisted in the rest of us nodding in agreement and feeling normal. Better still, it helped us to look at our own parenting and know that we could do this, rather than have an ‘expert’ spout what we ‘should’ be doing, with seemingly no idea of what the real world is like.
Best of all, we now realise that not only do we not have to be perfect, but it appears there is no ‘perfect’ way to parent, anyway. How could we ever be perfect when there are no hard and fast rules telling us what perfect is? Oh, and our kids are all inidividuals, so there’s no one-size-fits-all approach.
This book has taken a load off our shoulders and a load off our minds. Our kids still aren’t saints, but at least we can deal with it without beating ourselves up.
The only complaints – it wasn’t around five (or more) years ago, and we want to know more!
Get your copy of No Sweat Parenting for only $24.95 from ParentChildSelf
Real Mums Recommended
The Longest Trip Home
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for ages & it looks like it will be a good read
The Longest Trip Home by John Grogan (the author of Marley & Me)
You can purchase it here
Book Description:
Finding your place in the world can be the longest trip home…In Marley and Me, John Grogan perfectly described the love of a family for their wondrously neurotic dog. He made us laugh and cry, and showed how unconditional love can come in many forms. Now, in The Longest Trip Home, John writes with the same honesty, openness and humour about the relationship between a boy and his parents. As a ‘bad’ boy in a good family, John didn’t always live up to his parents’ expectations, but as a man he came to understand the love they gave him every day of his life. At its heart, The Longest Trip Home is a universal story about growing up, and making peace with your parents. As warm and moving as Marley and Me, this is a lyrical tribute to the power of family and love.
I hope you enjoy it!
Join in the discussion of the book on the Real Mums Retell Therapy Book Club Forum
May Book Club – Confessions of a Shopaholic
Posted by: | CommentsHi fellow readers,
We’ve had a few serious books in a row so I thought we might enjoy some light reading this month. With that in mind I have chosen:-
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Thought it might be fun.
You can purchase a copy here
Enjoy,
Brunadette,
The Bodacious bookalicious book babe
PS And if you want to get ready for June, the book will be Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
Finally Friday – The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society
Posted by: | CommentsThe last Friday of the month, and the last Friday (for some of us at least) of the school holidays!
Sorry to those of you who are back into it already.
Plenty of time, now, to read, what with the kids off our hands. Hooray!
This month’s book is The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society:
Gloriously honest, enchanting and funny, this is a moving tale of post-war friendship, love and books, a captivating and completely irresistible novel of enormous depth and heart.
Join in the discussion on the Retell Therapy Book Club right now.
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society is available from Seek Books.
Finally Friday – escape with ‘The Time We Have Taken’
Posted by: | CommentsWhat a month we have had!
For all of the number “8″ being “good luck” (at least for the Chinese, anyway) I’ve never seen so many Mums having bad luck.
From minor things, to major – broken arms, relationship breakups, pregnancy concerns, technology stuffups … the works!
We’re well and truely in need of an escape! Thank goodness its the Final Friday of August is all I can say.
Next month, we’re escaping with The Time We Have Taken by Steve Carrol
Winner of the 2008 Miles Franklin Award.
‘That exotic tribe was us. And the time we have taken, our moment.’
One summer morning in 1970, Peter van Rijn, proprietor of the television and wireless shop, pronounces his Melbourne suburb one hundred years old. That same morning, Rita is awakened by a dream of her husband’s snores, yet it is years since Vic moved north. Their son, Michael, has left for the city, and is entering the awkward terrain of first love. As the suburb prepares to celebrate progress, Michael’s friend Mulligan is commissioned to paint a mural of the area’s history. But what vision of the past will his painting reveal? Meanwhile, Rita’s sometime friend Mrs Webster confronts the mystery of her husband’s death. And Michael discovers that innocence can only be sustained for so long. The Time We Have Taken is both a meditation on the rhythms of suburban life and a luminous exploration of public and private reckoning during a time of radical change.
Available for $25.19 from Seek Books.
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x Brunadette,
your Bookalicious Book Babe
