SANDI KAHN SHELTON

Un libro que conduce al lector por un salvaje viaje a través de la paternidad, desde la primera noche en casa con un recién nacido hasta las alegrías del aprendizaje del orinal. Sincero, alentador y terriblemente divertido. Este libro es lo que cualquier padre o madre necesitan para ayudarles a ver la cara divertida de cambiar los pañales, las noches en vela...

"Sandi Kahn Sheltons very funny, very compassionate, very knowledgeable book is like a day at the beach-or more precisely, a day at the beach when you have an au pair. She makes the difficult appear delightful and the challenging seem charming." Gina Barreca, Ph.D., Professor of English at the University of Connecticut and author of Perfect Husbands Sandi Kahn Shelton takes readers on a wild ride through the journey of parenting -- from the first disillusioning night home from the hospital with a brand-new baby, to the joys of toilet training, and the hair-raising terrible twos. Candid, uplifting, and side-splittingly funny, this book is just what every new mom and dad needs to help them see the lighter side of changing diapers, meddling in-laws, babys first curse word, and, of course, sleepless nights. "Shelton touches on almost every parenting topic imaginable, with brief essays grouped by subjects such as sleeping, crying, nursing, dressing, feeding, talking, worrying, calming, separating and, of course, potty training. Sheltons book is a welcome addition to the parenting bookshelf." Publishers Weekly"The true successor to Erma Bombecks throne." WorkingMother magazine"Sandi Kahn Sheltons very funny, very compassionate, very knowledgeable book is like a day at the beach-or more precisely, a day at the beach when you have an au pair. She makes the difficult appear delightful and the challenging seem charming." Gina Barreca, Ph.D., Professor of English at the University of Connecticut and author of Perfect Husbands"For frazzled working moms, columnist Sandi Kahn Sheltons funny essays on parenting are a fail-safe way to lighten up." Wall Street Journal"Im thankful that this very funny and observant lady is not a cartoonist!" Bil Keane, creator of "The Family Circus"

"Laugh-out-loud comments and astute remarks will help lighten any mothers load and keep things in perspectiveThis is a refreshing look at child rearing, written in short sections that can be read in five to ten minutes a perfect fit for a mothers schedule." Library Journal So you thought the difficult stage was over: the midnight feedings, the colic, the breast pumps, the endless diaper changings. Just when you thought youd reached the blissful stretch of parenthood...here come the toddler/preschool years! Only Sandi Kahn Shelton could deliver such a dead-on, hilarious, true-ringing look at the walking, talking, crazy years. In Preschool Confidential, she explores such universal topics as: --Dealing with the mutiny in the checkout line (aka: begging or bribing?). --Presenting scientific proof that toddlers ask 437 questions per day. --Unveiling the four "answers" that any parent can recycle to respond to any toddlers question. --Understanding day-care romances. to ask (at the most inopportune moments). --Dissecting the anatomy of a birthday party (or how to control a group of four-year-olds without ropes or sedatives). --Cooking purple mashed potatoes, and emergency tactics to stave off a hunger strike. --And much more! Preschool Confidential will have you howling at the apt, accurate, and painfully honest look at the preschool years!! "The true successor to Erma Bombecks throne." WorkingMother magazine"For frazzled working moms, columnist Sandi Kahn Sheltons funny essays on parenting are a fail-safe way to lighten up." Wall Street Journal"Im thankful that this very funny and observant lady is not a cartoonist!" Bil Keane, creator of "The Family Circus"

Fast-paced, warm, and laugh-out-loud funny, What Comes After Crazy chronicles a quest for normalcy that nearly drives a woman nuts. Maz Lombard craves a nice, quiet lifeand who can blame her? Having grown up as the daughter of Madame Lucille, Fortune Teller to the Stars, she spent her Southern childhood traveling from town to town, wondering which of the many men her mother brought home would become her next stepfather (in a long line of stepfathers). Mazs soon-to-be-ex-husband Lenny left for Santa Fe after his very public affair with a fetching young daycare teacher imploded. And Mazs daughter Hope has become convinced shes inherited the family seeing gene and is scaring her classmates with seances and dark prophecies. When Lenny shows up on the doorstep wanting another chance, and Madame Lucille pulls into town with her newest husband, any chance Maz has for a simple, ordinary life seems to go out the window. But is life at its craziest also at its most instructive? Will seeing her family in all its complicated, infuriating, and mystifying splendor enable Maz to define herself on her own terms and live the life shes always wanted? Delightful, rollicking, but most of all unforgettably touching, What Comes After Crazy marks the debut of a radiant new talent in womens fiction.