{"product_id":"theres-no-manual-honest-and-gory-wisdom-about-having-a-baby-paperback","title":"There's No Manual: Honest and Gory Wisdom about Having a Baby - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Newell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJacqueline Ann May\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe info-packed, truth-telling guide expectant and new mothers have been screaming into their pillows for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo you're making a person...and no one will stop telling you what to do about it. Your friends, your neighbors, your Uber driver--everyone is giving you unsolicited advice, to which Beth and Jackie say: F*ck advice! There's no \"right\" way to be pregnant or a new mom, only stretchy pants to be worn and choices to be made. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis illustrated guide asks and answers all the essential questions that pop up from the first trimester to the fourth, such as: \u003ci\u003eShould I have an unmedicated or drugged-out birth?\u003c\/i\u003e (Up to you!) \u003ci\u003eWill I have time to pee as a new mom?\u003c\/i\u003e (Maybe!) \u003ci\u003eHow do I avoid hating my partner?\u003c\/i\u003e (That's a little more complicated.) Funny, feminist, and, above all, pro-mom, this book is an actually useful baby shower gift.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Newell\u003c\/b\u003e is the co-founder and editor of the satirical women's magazine, \u003ci\u003eReductress\u003c\/i\u003e. She co-authored the book \u003ci\u003eHow to Win at Feminism\u003c\/i\u003e and co-created \"\u003ci\u003eThe Reductress Minute\u003c\/i\u003e\" and \"\u003ci\u003eMouth Time\u003c\/i\u003e\" podcasts. Her work has been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She hosts the podcast \"\u003ci\u003eWe Knows Parenting\u003c\/i\u003e\" with her husband, Peter McNerney. Beth was named by \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the \"50 Funniest People Right Now\" and as one of \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine's \"23 People Who Are Changing What's Funny Right Now.\" She gave birth to her daughter in the back seat of a Honda Fit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJackie Ann Ruiz \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, illustrator, mother, and performer. A native New Yorker, she co-hosted the podcast \"Best Friends, However\" with Eliot Glazer and performed at BAM and UCB before relocating to Richmond, Virginia with her family. Jackie is a resident artist at Studio Two Three in Richmond, where she works on commissioned illustration projects and is developing a coloring book for disgruntled women. Once an editor for a men's lifestyle website covering topics such as BLUE BALLS REALLY IS A THING, Jackie is now an out-of-the-closet feminist who is thrilled to be using her platform as a writer and illustrator to describe the harrowing and transcendent experience of pregnancy, labor, and motherhood, which changed her life in the best and worst of ways. Plus, she got to draw a lot of vaginas on her iPad. By the time you read this, she will be happily divorced.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756527059232,"sku":"9780525534358","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ff3751be19a3f6b6661dfdfde1816e92.webp?v=1780080639","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/theres-no-manual-honest-and-gory-wisdom-about-having-a-baby-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}