Exploiting My Baby

Because It's Exploiting Me

De: Teresa Strasser

Narrado por: Teresa Strasser

Teresa Strasser made her baby a spleen and some eyebrows.

He got her a book deal.

Everyone loves babies - and pregnant women - so TV and radio personality Teresa Strasser decided to use this obsession to her advantage. She came up with a way to provide for her newfound family and help other mommies-to-be with this down- and-dirty memoir about first-time pregnancy.

An award-winning writer, Teresa is achingly honest about the motherhood she begins experiencing at age 38. With a biting sense of humor and heart, she portrays the tribulations that come with each trimester, from nausea, weight gain, and bladder infections to dealing with those other kinds of pregnant women. (You know the ones. The ones who glow - and gloat about it.)

Exploiting My Baby is a must-listen for anyone pregnant, trying to get pregnant, or who is just more crazy than baby-crazy. Hopping on a trail pioneered by such lions as Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erma Bombeck, and Tori Spelling, Teresa has no problem using her pregnancy, childbirth and difficult relationship with her own mother for material. It's her blunt and plain-spoken approach to exploiting her family for literary success that sets her apart.

©2011 Teresa Strasser (P)2022 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"...A raw, often unsettling and always entertaining look at pregnancy and childbirth. Strasser flaunts her ability to worry about anything, her many documented imperfections and brings it all down to some seriously funny prose." (Rick Kleffel, NPR)

"If you read this book you will laugh until you're sick, I swear, but it's also very insightful." (Dr. Phil)

"Teresa Strasser cuts right through the mucus plug with Exploiting My Baby: Because It's Exploiting Me. With such chapter titles as 'Sitting Stretch Mark Shiva' and 'I'll Miss You, Toxins,' Strasser's funnier than your funniest friend and her neuroses are more acute than Joan Rivers' Having a Baby Can Be a Scream." (LA Weekly)

A wonderful read or listen for anyone!

I loved this audiobook! Since I’m a guy without kids, I’m not exactly in the target demographic audience. But nevertheless, I still found the book very enjoyable. Teresa is a wonderful storyteller and extremely likable person. I could listen to her talk about anything. It’s like listening to a favorite radio personality! And the book is not just about baby stuff. Among other things, it also touches on drugs, porn, alcohol, and human psychology. There’s something in it for everyone, and it’s a wonderful read or listen!