You Look Tired, Jenny True
You Look Tired, Jenny True
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You Look Tired
An Excruciatingly Honest Guide to New Parenthood

Author: Jenny True

Narrator: Erin Cottrell

Unabridged: 5 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/04/2021

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

In the tradition of Ali Wong and Amy Schumer comes this whip-smart, spit-out-your-coffee funny guide for new parents—from popular blogger and columnist Jenny True. Plenty of "new parent" guides cover the basics of breastfeeding, bonding, sleep, and "getting back in shape." But nowhere is a guide that tells you, WTF is this squeeze bottle thing from the hospital?
You Look Tired is a totally honest, tell-it-like-it-is guide for new moms who don't want any more advice. Writing as Jenny True on her "Excruciatingly Personal Mommy Blog" and in the "Dear Jenny" column on Romper, Jenny has been called the "postpartum feelings doula," as she doles out her unique mix of humor, rage, and encouragement (with a smidge of practical advice), including:Birth Hurts: Prenatal yoga is a waste of time.Jabba the Hutt Was Just Postpartum: It explains so much.An Open Letter to People Who Say, "Looks like you have your hands full!"And much more!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on June 01, 2021

This is the kind of text my new parent soul needs right now. I’ve never laughed out loud so many times at a book. Jenny True is humorously straightforward and critical about being a parent in the early 2020s. Instead of feeling overwhelmed and anxious after reading a new parenting book, I feel relie......more

Goodreads review by Sue on May 24, 2021

I loved it! I can't wait to give this book to pregnant/new-parent friends. SO FUNNY, but also full of heart. Her unfailing honesty is so disarming!......more

Goodreads review by Danielle on May 11, 2021

Even though I’m well past the pregnancy through toddler stage of parenthood, I devoured this book because: it’s full of helpful, honest info you won’t find in other pregnancy and new parent guides; it’s diverse and inclusive; it’s funny as heck (I even laughed at “prenatal yoga is a waste of time,”......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on November 06, 2021

I love this book. I hadn't expected my copy to arrive for another week or so, what a wonderful surprise when it showed up on my doorstep today. Jenny True is honest and good. Her heart of gold shines through in this advice book but it's not off-putting because she says fuck a lot and is too funny to......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on May 07, 2021

I did not expect to love this so much. It's not so much a guide (even an irreverent one) as a bitingly comic, postmodern memoir that takes various forms including quizzes and freewriting prompts.......more

Quotes

"In You Look Tired, Jenny Pritchett dishes out hilarious, in-your-face advice to overwhelmed moms and moms-to-be. If you don't have a trust fund, a live-in nanny, or the organizational skills to breastfeed elegantly while getting a pedicure, you need this book. In the voice of her popular alter ego Jenny True, Pritchett tells it like it really is, not the way it would be if you were floating through parenthood on a cloud of maternal fairy dust. There is no maternal fairly dust, people! Fortunately, there is Jenny True."—Michelle Richmond, New York Times bestselling author of five novels and two award winning story collections, mother of one, and Jenny True fan.

"Completely hilarious, utterly frank, thoughtful, and wise—this book is a breath of fresh air." —Meaghan O'Connell, author of And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready

"A must-have for moms-to-be." —Bunmi Laditan, author of The Honest Toddler: A Child's Guide to Parenting

"What a relief this book is."—Jancee Dunn, author of How Not to Hate Your Husband after Kids

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