“This mom’s memoir shows a different side to the new mom—the mom who is exhausted, has an extremely fussy baby, who wonders if she made a mistake…It’s that kind of frankness that makes this book such a compelling read.”
—Mid-Ohio Valley Parent Magazine, February 16, 2009
“Vicki Glembocki unleashes a brutally honest untold tale of motherhood in the Second Nine Months.”
—New Jersey Monthly, November 2008
“Not since Anne
Lamott’s Operating Instructions has there been such
an insightful, open account of a new mother’s fears
of inadequacy, with wicked humor along the way.”
—Sarasota Magazine, May
2008
“A great book.”
—One Mom’s Journey,
May 16 2008
“A frank, wry, and touching memoir about motherhood
in the 21st century.”
—The Erie Daily Times,
May 11, 2008
“A smart, funny memoir.”
—Citizen Mom, May 2, 2008
“The Second Nine Months is a breath of fresh, raw,
real, no kidding motherhood air. Vicki seems to have entered
my brain and sucked out all of my feelings and put them down
on paper for the world to read. I wish I could give her a
big hug and tell her thank you.”
—blogmommas.com, April
24, 2008
“Humorous.”
—Catherine Seraphin, The
Daily Collegian, March 20, 2008
“I wanted to throw myself at Vicki’s feet, arms wrapped around her ankles, sobbing, ‘Yes! Me too! Me too!’”
—behindthestove.blogspot,com, March 17, 2008
“Laughing out loud, crying real tears…I could NOT put this book down. I had to wrestle it out of my own hand.”
—Betsy Henning, funkyfatgirl.blogspot.com, March 17, 2008 “It's seldom you read something so honest and daring.”
—Judith Spitzer, Shopping
Out Loud, March 14, 2008
"Heartbreaking and humorous...Vicki tells it like it is!"
—Colleen Padilla, classymommy.com, March 10, 2008
“Deft.”
—Dorothy Robinson, Metro, March 4, 2008 “Hilarious and touching.”
—Metropolitan Moms, March
2008
“Vicki lays it straight.”
—John Neal, Book Babble,
February 29, 2008
“She tells the truth.”
—The Daily Candy, February, 28, 2008
“Vicki Glembocki is not afraid to lay it all on the line.”
—Baby Loves Disco, February, 08
“The BEST book.”
—Growing a Baby, February 23, 2008
“This book is not like any I have ever read before. I laughed out loud at some parts and was near tears at other parts.”
—Susan Thompson, Bella Online, February 22, 2008
“This book touched me in ways that I didn’t think a contemporary book could…it completely debunks the warm and fuzzy myths of motherhood. I was shocked at how many times I caught myself nodding and grinning.”
—M. Kowalewski, Mommy Madness, February 16, 2008 “Moms have been raving over Vicki Glembocki's ‘The
Second Nine Months.’”
—Dan Gross, Philadelphia Daily News, 2/13/08
“It’s really great to see someone have the courage to expose the insecurities we all feel at times and detail so humorously those difficult experiences in the first few months. I would definitely recommend this book to mothers.”
—The New Parents Guide, 2/13/08
“Yes, it's a mom book, but it's so different and honest.”
—Stefanie Taylor, Baby on Board, 2/13/08
“I read—and finished—this book over the weekend. I didn't intend to, it just... happened. It was just so hard to put down.”
—Kris Underwood, Writing in the Mountains, 2/11/08
“With style and wit, she tackles the taboo topics of the challenges, disappointments and adjustments of modern motherhood.”
—Philadelphia Magazine, February 2008
“Despite the slew of recent books about the harsh reality of new motherhood, none have given as bitingly honest a portrayal as Glembocki’s memoir of the first year of her daughter’s life. From the frustration of losing her personal and professional self to the demands of a baby, to eventual acceptance and appreciation for her new place in life, Glembocki lets new mothers know that they are not alone.”
—Mainline Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
“[An] amazingly honest and at times humorous memoir about the initial months following childbirth. I kid you not: after the first few chapters you’ll begin to be flummoxed at just how similar your feelings were (or are) to what Glembocki describes herself as having had…. The bottom line? Glembocki was not afraid in letting her feelings and experiences out, and I applaud her for it.”
—mamadivas.com, January 22, 2008
“Reading this book felt like sitting down to a glass (or three) of wine with a best friend—a friend brave enough to tell you that the first few months (years) of motherhood are not one giant Hallmark moment. From page one I was riveted, laughing and moved—and felt so much less alone! But the last page, the only thing missing for me was Vicki's phone number.”
—Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, author of Sippy Cups Are Not for Chardonnay
“A funny, sad, honest, and totally accurate account of first-parenthood disillusionment.”
—Neal Pollack, author of Alternadad
"Vicki Glembocki lends her strong voice to the chorus debunking the senitmental myths of motherhood. This memoir should give new mommies a load of reassurance during those early, often dark days of caring for a newborn. Take heart, you're not alone."
—Christie Mellor, author of The Three Martini Playdate |
