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Perfect MadnessJudith Warner

Perfect Madness

2005336 pages
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6 editions
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The paradigm-shattering bestseller that investigates how women have fallen into the trap of "total motherhood," and how that mind-set damages them and their relationships with their husbands and children. Manic cookie-baking at midnight. Play dates as complicated as peace summits. Mother-of-the-birthday-boy meltdown. Ambien nights and Ritalin days. No sex. No nights out. No sleep. Ever. It's madness. Now, in one of the most controversial books of the year, Judith Warner blows the lid off American mothers dirty little secret by interviewing those American mothers across the country to try to…

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Editions

6 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    Penguin Group USA, Inc. · 9781436247788
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Riverhead Trade · 352 pages · 9781594481703
  • Hardcover · English · 2005
    Riverhead Hardcover · 336 pages · 9781573223041
  • Other · English · 2015
    Ebury Publishing · 9781446491652
  • Other · English · 2007
    Penguin Random House · 9780091912802
  • Other · English · 2006
    Penguin Random House · 336 pages · 9780091907167
PsychologyFamily & RelationshipsMothersMotherhoodGuiltNonfictionSocial conditionsMotherhood, psychological aspects