The World Deserves My Children
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4.7 • 9 Ratings
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- $13.99
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Publisher Description
A “deeply, darkly funny” (Ali Wong, comedian and New York Times bestselling author) collection of insightful and razor-sharp essays on motherhood in our post-apocalyptic world from comedian Natasha Leggero.
When Natasha Leggero got pregnant at forty-two after embarking on the grueling IVF process, she was over the moon. But once her feelings of bliss dissipated, she couldn’t help but shake the lingering question: Am I doing this right? And then, Should I be doing this if the world is about to end?
In “by far the funniest book” (Chelsea Handler, New York Times bestselling author) about parenting, Natasha explores themes like “geriatric” pregnancy, parenting in an environmental panic, fear and love, discipline (and conflicting schools of thought on how not to raise a brat), and more. Ultimately, Natasha determines that motherhood is worth it. After all, where do you think the next five generations of humans will be if the only people who are having kids don’t believe in science? The world deserves my children.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In her irreverent debut, comedian and Chelsea Lately regular Leggero shares musings on motherhood in a series of wise-cracking essays. "I decided to become a mom when I was in my prime, but the world most certainly was not," she quips about getting pregnant "no matter how bad" politics and climate change threatened to turn, at age 42 (using eggs frozen when she was 38). No topic is off-limits; Leggero bares all about "geriatric pregnancy," breastfeeding, parental anxiety, and her conversion to "Jew-by-choice." She mocks her husband, joking she'd have to be drunk to parent like a father ("Don't use Dawn on her! She's a baby not a duck after an oil spill"), and resolutely defends having only one child. Her brand of humor includes crossing-the-line bits like referring to Woody Allen and Soon-Yi's coupling as "the greatest love story of our time" and recalling that as a tween she "thought abortion was hilarious." Parents without the luxury of a nanny may also raise eyebrows when yet another celebrity laments lack of leisure time. Still, behind the snark, Leggero conveys tender endearment for her four-year-old daughter. All in all, this will induce grins from stand-up fans who've been missing shows because they can't get a babysitter.
Customer Reviews
A+
Insightful, relatable, unique, fluid, engaging, entertaining.