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What Do You Do All Day"" : A Novel
Author: Amy Scheibe

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Publisher: Picador
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780312425623 - ISBN-10: 0312425627
Publication Date: 8/22/2006
Pages: 320

Book Description:
Amy Scheibe’s debut novel is a fresh, funny, witty take on the magic manic days of young motherhood. Her Jennifer Bradley is a thoroughly modern mommy—a former club kid who is married to the man of her dreams and who quit a fabulous job as an antiquarian objects dealer to raise her two children: Georgia, a very advanced age 4, and baby Max.

But it’s alarmingly easy to spin a stay-at-home mommy’s world on its axis—and Jennifer’s is whirling. If it’s not her mother-in-law on her tail to expose her precious grandchildren to a better element (not to mention pointing out that dangerous concrete floor in their loft), it’s her husband Thom announcing he’ll be on the road to Singapore for the next who-knows how long. And is this really the right time for her dad to announce that her mother isn’t exactly who Jennifer thinks she is? Or for the ex-boyfriend—aka the Adult Child Actor--to come back on the scene?

An American answer to Alison Pearson’s I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT, WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY? is a sparkling, lovable novel for mommies of all kinds—whether in the trenches or out on the hustings.

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Wendy C. (Froggie) wrote on 5/8/2008...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

I thought I would love this book but I didn't.

It was all "woe is me" about a stay-at-home mom who is trying way to hard to keep up with her friends and neighbors. No real point to the story in my opinion.

Elizabeth R. (reidwifemommy) wrote on 5/4/2008...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I was not a fan of this book. Perhaps because I am not a NY mother and I dont have really any similiar ideals as the author other than we both are SAHM's. I would reccommend the martini playdate book over this one, more laughs and a warmer read even for a non-drinker like myself.

Julie O. wrote on 10/28/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Very entertaining and funny. As a stay-at-home mom, I could relate to this book quite well. It made me laugh out loud several times. A fun, easy read.


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Devona B. wrote on 11/26/2006...


Its a reasonable account of the stay at home mom lifestyle.


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