Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting! - Hardcover

Loh, Sandra Tsing

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9780609608135: Mother on Fire: A True Motherf%#$@ Story About Parenting!

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0609608134 ISBN 13: 9780609608135

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2008

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In a hilarious memoir, a humorist and radio commentator shares her quest to find the perfect kindergarten for her five-year-old daughter in an L.A. in which status dictates that youngsters attend private school, while dealing with the loss of her job, a therapist, and her evolution from manic status-seeking mom to community activist. 25,000 first printing.

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"[Loh has transformed] herself into the foaming mouthpiece of dissent and outrage over the state of public education....Her language is imaginatively twisted and fearless."
--Los Angeles Times

"A droll rant...[Loh]'s not afraid to touch on issues of class and race in a way that's both humorous and trenchant....Mother on Fire offers much to entertain the many mothers among us."
--Washington Post

"Loh's ability to write a book about a year in the life of a mom...all the while eliciting at least one snort of laughter per page, is no less than a feat of genius."
--New York Times (Editor's Choice)

About the Author:

SANDRA TSING LOH is an NPR commentator, an Atlantic Monthly contributor, and a successful performance artist. She is the author of four previous books.

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