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    Mommies Behaving Badly
    Mommies Behaving Badly
    Mommies Behaving Badly
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    Mommies Behaving Badly

    By Roz Bailey

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    In her witty, wry, insightful new novel, Roz Bailey follows the adventures of one woman who's discovering a new state--and a whole new state of mind. . .

    Some signs are hard to ignore. . .

    When Ruby Dixon's car is stolen--again--on the day her husband is offered a job in Portland, Oregon, the message seems clear. It's time to give up stressful New York living in favor of bucolic bliss in the Great Northwest.

    Others you don't see until it's too late. . .

    Now Ruby, Jack, and their three children have a palatial house in a peaceful burb, and everything's perfect. Except that Ruby can't get a decent haircut, can't seem to crack her neighbors' shells. . .and Jack is constantly away on business. If it wasn't for her new friend Ariel, another transplanted New Yorker who's earned the ire of the local PTA, Ruby would be about ready to cry uncle.

    And some guide you right where you need to be

    But if life is dependable for one thing, it's unexpected turns, leaving Ruby and her children in a far from familiar place. Their new situation is beyond terrifying. . .But it's also somehow exhilarating. Because Ruby is about to find out just what can happen when there are no compromises, no safety nets, and no rules to follow but your own. . .


    Roz Bailey went to college in New York City and never looked back. She spent the better part of her twenties searching for a fine romance, both at work as an editor and after hours in Manhattan. She's a huge fan of cities and hopes to one day return to a lifestyle full of museums and theaters, far from the land of minivans and drive-through windows.

    She currently lives with her husband and two children in the Pacific Northwest, where she has taken up walking in the rain and teaching art literacy. She is immersed in a study of slackers and can be found doing research in local coffee shops while working on her latte addiction, one day at a time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKensington Books
    Release dateSep 1, 2007
    ISBN9780758266552
    Mommies Behaving Badly
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    Roz Bailey

    Roz Bailey is a retired journalist who now lives in Cairns after working and living in many places. She is a widow and this is her first novel.

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    • 4/5
      Good, fast read. Typical mommy lit. However, the title has nothing to do with this book, and neither does the cover. Go figure.The main character, Ruby, was a mommy, but she certainly wasn't behaving badly. :) I was expecting more "Desperate Housewives" type behavior from her and other neighborhood mommies, but this book is more about Ruby's relationship with her husband, and adjusting their family to moving cross country from New York to Oregon.As a working mommy of 3 kids myself, I could relate to Ruby's struggles to balance being a mom with her job, her husband, and taking care of her home. The ending was a bit weak - considering what she and her husband went through, I was surprised at how everything was sunshine and roses at the end. Not quite realistic. However, overall, it was still an enojyable read.
    • 3/5
      ok, chick lit with decent character and setting. Unusual book re divorce and how the protagonist remains independent but not angry.
    • 4/5
      Good, fast read. Typical mommy lit. However, the title has nothing to do with this book, and neither does the cover. Go figure.The main character, Ruby, was a mommy, but she certainly wasn't behaving badly. :) I was expecting more "Desperate Housewives" type behavior from her and other neighborhood mommies, but this book is more about Ruby's relationship with her husband, and adjusting their family to moving cross country from New York to Oregon.As a working mommy of 3 kids myself, I could relate to Ruby's struggles to balance being a mom with her job, her husband, and taking care of her home. The ending was a bit weak - considering what she and her husband went through, I was surprised at how everything was sunshine and roses at the end. Not quite realistic. However, overall, it was still an enojyable read.

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