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  Written by Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms For Half Insane Working Moms By Kristin Van Ogtrop
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The first thing that is amazing about this book is that van Ogtrop had the time to write it! She is the editor of REAL SIMPLE magazine, has 3 young sons, lots of pets and is always tired. But she is also really funny. The book is written like a little A to Z guidebook/dictionary of terms like “accounting error” which she defines as “the irrevocable mistake you make when you decide to have one more child than you can actually handle, which pushes the parental sanity balance sheet from the black (a place of comfort, if occasional boredom) to the red (excitement, panic).” She is beyond honest, extremely realistic, and hilariously self-deprecating. A fast read/ a great gift for any working mother.

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