Mommies Who Drink: Sex, Drugs, and Other Distant Memories of an Ordinary Mom

With a poignant voice and a fresh style that makes this memoir read like the best women's fiction, Paesel navigates new motherhood in all its forms--the ecstatic, the terrifying, the tedious, the hilarious, the transcendental, and the sticky.

For young single women, every night is Ladies' Night. For Brett Paesel and her friends, Friday happy hour is all they get--if they can wrangle a babysitter. Like most mommies, they support each other through pregnancies, sleep deprivation, and the need ...