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Overview
Too tired to think? No time to read books? Zibby Owens gets it. Award-winning podcaster of Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books and mother of four (ages six to fourteen) compiled fifty-three essays by forty-nine authors to help the rest of us feel understood, inspired, and less alone.
The authors, all previous guests on her podcast (go listen!), include fifteen New York Times bestselling authors, five national bestsellers, and twenty-nine award-winning/notable/critically acclaimed writers. The super short essays were inspired by a few other things moms don't have time to do: sleep, get sick, write, lose weight, and see friends. Read one a week and you'll finish the whole book in a year: accomplishment!
Topics range from taking care of an aging grandmother, mourning the loss of a family member, battling insomnia, wrestling with body image, coping with chronic illness, navigating writer's block, the power of women's friendship, and more juicy stuff.
You'll laugh, cry, think, and feel like you just had coffee with a close friend. If that best friend were a world-renowned author.
Contributors include: Aimee Agresti, Esther Amini, Chandler Baker, Adrienne Bankert, Andrea Buchanan, Terri Cheney, Jeanine Cummins, Stephanie Danler, KJ Dell'Antonia, Lydia Fenet, Michael Frank, Elyssa Friedland, Melissa Gould, Nicola Harrison, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Joanna Hershon, Angela Himsel, Richie Jackson, Shelli Johannes, Lily King, Jean Kwok, Heather Land, Brooke Adams Law, Caroline Leavitt, Jenny Lee, Shannon Lee, Elizabeth Lesser, Gigi Levangie, Emily Liebert, Lynda Loigman, Abby Maslin, Sarah McColl, Jeanne McCulloch, Malcolm Mitchell, Arden Myrin, Carla Naumburg, Rex Ogle, Zibby Owens, Camille Pagán, Elizabeth Passarella, Allison Pataki, Lindsay Powers, Susie Orman Schnall, Susan Shapiro, Melissa T. Shultz, Claire Bidwell Smith, Rev. Lydia Sohn, Laura Tremaine, and Cecily von Ziegesar.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781510766396 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Skyhorse |
| Publication date: | 11/02/2021 |
| Pages: | 264 |
| Sales rank: | 714,669 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d) |
About the Author
Before the pandemic, Zibby ran a literary salon, hosted her own book fairs, and was a frequent bookstore event moderator. During the quarantine, Zibby hosted a daily Instagram Live author talk show “Z-IGTV,” a weekly live show with her husband “KZ Time,” launched an online magazine called We Found Time, and started Zibby’s Virtual Book Club.
Zibby is a regular contributor to Good Morning America online and the Washington Post, and has contributed to Real Simple, Parents, Marie Claire, Redbook, and many other publications. She has appeared on CBS This Morning, the BBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, Good Day LA, and local news outlets.
Zibby, a graduate of Yale University and Harvard Business School, currently lives in New York with her husband, Kyle, and her four children.
Table of Contents
Introduction xi
Sleep
The Year of Magical Sleeping Lynda Cohen Loigman 3
Night Breathing Carla Naumburg 7
Room for One Allison Pataki 11
It's Ok, I'm Awake Cecily Von Ziegesar 15
On Napping Michael Frank 20
When Bedtime Won't Come Soon Enough Zibby Owens 25
Get Sick
While I Was Sleeping Camille Pagán 33
Bodies in Motion and at Rest Andrea J. Buchanan 37
In Spanish, I Don't Have Cancer KJ Dell'Antonia 43
A Small, Shiny Thing Kristy Woodson Harvey 47
I Am Not Broken. Today, I'm OK Shelli R. Johannes 51
Walls in Our Minds Lily King 55
Sick Leave Caroline Leavitt 60
My Good Body Elizabeth Lesser 64
A Son, Not My Own Gigi Levangie 68
My Father Immortal Emily Liebert 73
Click, Click, Click Through My Mind Zibby Owens 77
Nana's Last Ride Elizabeth Passarella 82
The S Word Susie Orman Schnall 86
Sunlight, Through an Angled Window Melissa T. Shultz 90
See Friends
We Met Online Chandler Baker 97
One on One Adrienne Bankert 100
Life of Pie Lydia Fenet 103
What's in a Name? My Best Friends Melissa Gould 107
A Gift by the Sea Nicola Harrison 111
The Little Pink Unicorn Heather Land 115
The Pursuit of Becoming Abby Maslin 118
Snow and the Night Sky Jeanne McCulloch 122
Mission: Quiet the Stomachs Malcolm Mitchell 127
Let's Just Meet Here Every Day Lindsay Powers 131
I'm Here for You Rev. Lydia Sohn 135
Write
Can a Writer Be Too Emotional? Asking for a Friend Aimee Agresti 143
Beneath the Surface Esther Amini 147
Camera Broken, Vision Renewed Terri Cheney 151
In the Time of Corduroys Jeanine Cummins 155
Roses Stephanie Danler 159
The View Out My Window Joanna Hershon 163
A Brand New Way Angela Himsel 168
Whatever You Write in This Will Belong to You Jean Kwok 172
Life Lessons, Korean Mother-Style Jenny Lee 176
Called to the Page Abby Maslin 180
The Circular Breast Sarah McColl 184
I Am the Writer Arden Myrin 189
Historias Sobre Mi (Stories about Me) Rex Ogle 193
To All the Books I Never Sold Zibby Owens 196
The Reason Behind the Words Claire Bidwell Smith 203
Clarity Arrived Laura Tremaine: 206
Lose Weight
I Diet, Therefore I Am Elyssa Friedland 213
Peloton and On and On Richie Jackson 217
Mama, Am I Pretty? Jean Kwok 221
The World I Build for You Brooke Adams Law 225
The Anchor and the Seabird Shannon Lee 230
The Pandemic Taste Test Susan Shapiro 234
Acknowledgments 239
About The Editor 243