I belong to a few step-mother groups on Facebook and lately they have been heavily recommending a book called No One’s the Bitch. I saw that title and I was like “yeah right!” Well the whole title is No One’s the Bitch: A Ten-Step Plan for the Mother and Stepmother Relationship – after reading that and the introduction to the book I am still thinking “yeah right” but it does seem like an interesting read; even it doesn’t fit my situation I can still learn from it.
http://www.noonesthebitch.com/book/
http://www.noonesthebitch.com/book/No One\’s the Bitch, Introduction
I am skeptical because even if the women get along there still has to be some kind of mutual respect between the exes for any real harmony to occur. It almost seems like the focus is off, at least to me but I still want to read it.
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I just read the second chapter of the book (the Intro and chapter 2 are available to read for free) and while it was interesting and some of it resonated with me, overall I find myself a bent out of shape. I get angry because books like these seem to perpetuate the stereotypes and cliches of blended families…ugh! Can’t we ever get beyond the same old shite? I can’t even describe it; or maybe I am too damn lazy right now. That is why this blog post is going to suck; perhaps I will go into detail for another blog post. At least this one gets the word out about the book – I am just not sure how good or helpful the book is at this time, ha.
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