I would like to welcome you to the WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR It Gets Easier and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers. As part of the tour I was sent a copy of the book in exchange for a review. I also have a book to giveaway.
Move over Dr. Spock there is a new parenting expert in the house and one I wish had been around when I had both of my children. Because as a new mom I was scared, frustrated felt like I had no, one to talk to. Even though my mom was here she wasn’t much on parenting advice. Which lead to many sleepless nights for me.
As I was reading It Gets Easier and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers I kept nodding saying on man if only I had knew that. Or been there did that but through her book I knew what I did was okay and that I wasn’t a bad parent like my parents made me feel at times. If you or someone you know is having a baby I beg you to please pick up this book for them.
About:
Every new mom learns pretty quickly how difficult new motherhood is but also that nobody tells the truth about it. Author and narrator Claudine Wolk learned the same lesson after her son was born but decided to speak the truth about motherhood with humorous insight and reality-based suggestions. A few crucial tips can make motherhood a bit more controllable and a lot more enjoyable.
Featuring interviews with hundreds of moms and candid stories from author Claudine Wolk’s own experiences as a mother, It Gets Easier! . . . and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers employs a healthy mix of humor, honesty, and insider strategies to give new and expecting moms a “leg up” on the challenging task of first-time motherhood.
This fun, frank, and prescriptive guide strives to make motherhood easier by addressing issues such as: “The Talk” you need to have with your husband before you give birth; what you really need to know about labor and delivery; the importance of a baby schedule (no matter what anyone else says); the 6 Baby Commandments that can foster good eating and sleeping habits; 5 new mom mantras that will help keep you sane; body image after giving birth; and how to keep housework to a minimum.
Complete with resources for further exploration and a helpful glossary, this funny, irreverent book will help ease every new mothers’ frustrations by reminding them that they are not alone and providing tangible, easy-to-follow tips for parenting success.
Publisher: AMACOM
ISBN-10: 978-0840711151
ISBN-13: 0840711151
Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
Purchase a copy of the audiobook on Libro.fm, Audible or Audiobooks.com. You can also add the book to your reading list on GoodReads.com.
About the Author
Claudine Wolk is a writer, radio talk show host, podcast host, and book marketing consultant. Her first book, It Gets Easier and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers has affectionately become “the perfect baby shower gift.” Claudine is working on her second non-fiction book aimed at helping writers who want to publish and market a book in the same fun, practical way as her first book. Claudine lives with her husband, Joe, in Bucks County, PA and has three grown children and a baby grandson. More at www.ClaudineWolk.com
Other places you can find the author online:
https://ClaudineWolk.Substack.com
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Meet the Author: Claudine Wolk
I help writers to market their books to give them the best chance to be seen and sold.
I wrote “It Gets Easier! and Other Lies We Tell New Mothers” for new moms who like myself loved being a mom but found motherhood surprisingly difficult. I found humor and practical advice go along way to making motherhood a bit easier. I learned how to market the book and kinda loved it. So that is what I do now. I teach a class with Kate Brenton called Sit & Write – a rolling master class that helps writers to get their book out written and teaches them basic book marketing so that they are not behind when they publish their books.
If you have a book inside you with an important message and/or story that you want to get out, come and find me at my website or on Substack. Search “Claudine Wolk” and you’ll find me. My second book, “Get Your Book Seen and Sold,” written with publisher, Julie Murkette, is coming out in September 2023.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
