Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year

It seems no mother of a newborn has ever been more hilarious, more honest, or more touching than Ann Lamott is in OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS. A single parent whose baby's father is out of the picture, Lamott struggles not only to support her little family by her wits and her writing, but to stay sober at the same time. Faith in God helps; so does her loyal band of helpers, from her childless best friend Pammy to her mother and "Aunt Dudu" to the folks at the La Leche League hotline. And between coli...

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Williwaw18 июня 2016 г.
My mind is a bad neighborhood that I try not to go into alone
Мемуары о материнстве и жизни с ребенком до года от известной сан-францисской писательницы Энн Ламотт (известной русскому читателю по книге "Птица за птицей"). Сына она родила в 1989 году, в 35 лет, и растила в одиночку, с поддержкой родных и друзей (отец признать ребенка отказался).

Временами её дневниковые заметки меня раздражали (особенно все эти религиозные загоны и постоянные воспоминания о прошлом алкоголизме), а временами казались скучными и в очередной раз убеждали, что в сидении с младенцем нет ничего приятного. Но кое-какие отрывки были просто умопомрачительно смешными, например, вот этот:

"I called for a reason," I said. "I need to know one thing. Are there any actual benefits to having an infant?"
There was a long silence.
"I don't think so," she said.
I asked, "Do you think having a husband makes it a lot easier?"
She said, "Oh, no, just the opposite. The only real advantage is that you get to have tantrums and someone to attack, which, actually, the more I think about it, does seem to relieve some of the pressure. You get to say things like 'I hate my life, I hate you, you're gone all day, this was your idea, my figure is ruined, you're a bad person, I hate you, and I hate listening to you floss every night. It makes me want to hang myself.'"
It doesn't look so funny on paper, but I laughed so hard that I could breathe again.
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