Mother, Can You Not?

By: Kate Siegel

Narrated by: Kate Siegel, Kim Friedman

Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Based on the wildly popular Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom, Kate Siegel's essay collection is about life with the woman who redefined the term helicopter mom.

There is nothing more wonderful than a mother's love. There is also nothing more annoying. Who else can proudly insist that you're perfect while simultaneously making you question every career, fashion, and relationship decision you have ever made?

No one understands the delicate mother-daughter dynamic better than Kate Siegel - her own mother drove her so crazy that she decided to broadcast their hilarious conversations on Instagram. Soon hundreds of thousands of people were following their daily text exchanges, eager to see what outrageous thing Kate's mom would do next.

Now, in Mother, Can You Not?, Kate pays tribute to the woman whose helicopter parenting may make your mom look like Mother Teresa. If fans think Kate's mom's texts are insane, they will laugh out loud at the anecdotes her daughter shares in this collection. From embarrassing moments (like her mother's surprise early morning visit, catching Kate in bed with her crush) to outrageous stories (such as the time she moved cross country to be near Kate's college) to hilarious mantras ("NO STD TEST, YOU WON'T BE GETTING SEXED!"), Mother, Can You Not? lovingly lampoons the lengths to which our mothers will go to better our lives (even if it feels like they're ruining them in the process).

©2016 Kate Siegel (P)2016 Random House Audio

Hilarious and Heartwarming!

I have been following the #crazyjewishmom account for awhile now and it provides me and my own mother with daily laughs and relatable posts! I have been patiently waiting for this book to finally come out and now that it has I am so glad I got it on audio! I laughed so hard while listening to this and couldn't help but relate to almost every chapter (except my mother is Polish). This is a 5-star book and I recommend it to anyone!

couldn't get enough if this book. hope there

couldn't get enough of this book hope there is more books in the near future

Fun and weirdly inspirational

A couple really great lol moments. Short stories that any woman can relate to on some level, or anyone that's ever been in an awkward position, or anyone with a mom, really. Some stories are just ridiculous and some make you think while, of course, still being funny. Recommended for an easy, fun read by the beach or on a stressful commute.

Hilarious

If you've ever seen here IG account you need this book. If you've haven't ever you still need it!

Everything I was hoping it would be and more!

This book is SO funny and has me laughing embarrassingly loud in public at all times. I love everything about it. Kate and Kim are hilarious reading it together and the writing is so clever, smart, and witty. If only it didn't have to end! It's official. I need to be best friends with Kate and her #CrazyJewishMom.

Mommie Nearest

Kim Friedman knows she's evolved past helicopter mom--she is, in her own words, a drone mom. Her daughter Kate has crafted a comic gem here, but it goes beyond genre. As the outrageous anecdotes accumulate we find ourselves drawn into an affectionate and telling dual biography--a history of an epic mother-daughter odyssey first outlined in Kate's Instagram account @CrazyJewishMom. Mother Can You NOT? is fully present in the audible version--the bonus is hearing both Kate and Kim's voices between chapters.

Loved it all!

When I started looking at buying this book I had the decision whether to buy a Kindle copy or the Audible copy. I am so glad that I bought the Audible copy! Getting to hear Kate and her mother read this made the experience so much more rich and telling than it would've been seeing the words in m black-and-white. I would fully recommend this book to anybody who is wanting to have a few laughs.

funny and entertaining

cute and funny. Easy to listen to. The narrator's were great. Maybe even more fun to listen to!

Loved it

I have followed @crazyjewishmom on Instagram for a while and was excited to hear that both Kate and Kim would be narrating. I've already listened to the whole book and feel lucky that I got to peer into some inner workings of their relationship. Kate has a great narrative voice and I'm sure we'll be seeing more great things from her in the future.

Power to the Moms!

I’m making my 21 yo daughter read the book! It’s so nice to share similar parenting styles.