Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom

Published 2010

MOTHERHOOD AND WORKING are journeys of trial and error, and you sometimes feel like you know less than you did when you started. I for one know less about the following: why boys always say "Nothing" when you ask what they did at school that day; why husbands never turn off the TV; why you can't fire someone just for being irritating. But I do know a few things, including the fact that a good many working mothers could use some sort of organizing principle, a few labeled bins to hold the chaos. Hence this collection: an alphabetically arranged dictionary of terms, observations, lists, complaints, questions, musings, and the occasional diatribe about the little joys and major nonsense that define life for me, and untold women like me, on a daily basis.           - Kristen van Ogtrop

"Full of hard-won wisdom and kick-ass wit, Just Let Me Lie Down perfectly captures the joys and frustrations of an entire exhausted demographic...I would like to add one more thing to van Ogtrop's mile-long to-do list: run for president." - MARY ROACH, AUTHOR OF BONK, SPOOK, AND STIFF

"Pitch perfect. Van Ogtrop is a funny, sympathetic, and indispensable voice for a whole generation of working women who care less about shattering the glass ceiling than trying to squeeze in a nap." -ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, AUTHOR OF ON BECOMING FEARLESS AND EDITOR OF THE HUFFINGTON POST

Wise, warm, and well adjusted." -BEN SCHOTT, AUTHOR OF SCHOTT'S MISCELLANY

Book is in great pre-loved condition.