Today, I share possibility the worst book ever for Halloween - or any time. It's called My Working Mom, and it depicts a working mom as a witch - and not in a good way. I wouldn't even link to the Amazon page, but the comments there are pretty great. This trashy piece of crap is referenced in Tina Fey's opposite-of-a-trashy-piece-of-crap Bossypants, so there are a lot of comments from people who came to see if the book really did indeed exist.
Sadly, it does. Behold:
The writer - Peter Glassman - is the owner of Books of Wonder, a bookstore in NYC that is beloved by many and is currently raising funds through Indigogo for a "revitalization."
I sincerely hope none of the $25,000 raised so far (his goal is $100,000) came from one of those witchy working moms.
You can see the book in much more detail on this post on Mommin' It Up: Mommy Wars: Storytime Edition, which was also the inspiration for this post.
And there's more at The Mommy Paradox: The Mommy Wars: Now in Children's book form!
Both posts are well-researched, well-reasoned and well-written which, well, Mr. Glassman's book is not.
The witchy working mom part of me wants to send him a note explaining WHY I won't be contributing to his fundraising efforts. I am a school librarian and advocate of bookstores, booksellers, publishers, authors and illustrators. Even though I have my own tangle of feelings about this book, I just don't think my admiration of his profession can trump my mommy instinct regarding this book!
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