Amateur Hour, Kimberly Harrington
Amateur Hour, Kimberly Harrington
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Amateur Hour
Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words

Author: Kimberly Harrington

Narrator: Gabra Zackman

Unabridged: 7 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2018

Synopsis

An emotionally honest, arresting, and funny collection of essays about motherhood and adulthood...“Being a mother is a gift.”Where’s my receipt? Welcome to essayist Kimberly Harrington’s poetic and funny world of motherhood, womanhood, and humanhood, not necessarily in that order. It’s a place of loud parenting, fierce loving, too much social media, and occasional inner monologues where timeless debates are resolved such as Pro/Con: Caving to PTO Bake Sale Pressure (“PRO: Skim the crappiest brownies for myself. CON: They’re really crappy.”) With accessibility and wit, she captures the emotions around parenthood in artful and earnest ways, highlighting this time in the middle—midlife, the middle years of childhood, how women are stuck in the middle of so much. It’s a place of elation, exhaustion, and time whipping past at warp speed. Finally, it’s a quiet space to consider the girl you were, the mother you are, and the woman you are always becoming.

About Kimberly Harrington

Kimberly Harrington is the author of Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words and But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, In Pieces and Bits. Her work is included in the collections Merciless & Unpredictable: A McSweeney's Guide to Parenting and Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something: Twenty-One Years of Humor From McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. She’s a columnist and regular contributor to McSweeney’s and her work has also appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, and The Cut. A long-time copywriter and creative director for design studios and brands, her clients have included Apple, Nike, and Netflix.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kimberly on April 09, 2018

I wrote this book. I am def gonna give it 5 stars. What am I, an idiot? Not looking for an actual answer.......more

Goodreads review by Kate on April 05, 2018

I love this book. I mean, I love, love, love it. I am a 45-year-old mother to two who writes books for a living while also writing other things that actually pay money and being a full-time mom. WHICH IS TO SAY I DO NOT READ BOOKS ANYMORE. At least not all the way through. Usually not more than a qu......more

Goodreads review by David on July 24, 2018

wildly uneven personal essay collection. Some funny/observant [e.g., extended take on getting interrupted while working at home as a freelancer with small kids], some devastating [her miscarriage], some touching [a really kind appreciation of her husband, who otherwise I imagine might have some trou......more

Goodreads review by Amy on May 21, 2018

This book was a hilarious dose of birth control.......more

Goodreads review by Jen on April 03, 2019

Amateur Hour is a collection of essays on motherhood and adulting that is raw and laugh out loud funny. This collection covers everything from lighthearted topics such as meal trains and bake sales, to tough subjects such as miscarriage and marriage troubles. Kimberly Harrington attacks these subjec......more

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