How Not to Be a Perfect Mother by Libby Purves

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How Not to Be a Perfect Mother by Libby Purves

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Shows that even the most unpromising madonna can survive the years of looking after babies and toddlers. Full of down-to-earth tips and anecdotes, this is a battle-manual for the mother on the front line - going from pregnancy to pre-schoolers.

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How Not to Be a Perfect Mother by Libby Purves

This is a book which sets out to show that even the most unpromising madonna can survive the years of looking after babies and toddlers. Full of down-to-earth tips and anecdotes, this is a battle-manual for the mother on the front line - going from pregnancy to pre-schoolers, and taking in sibling fights, fraught outings, nannies and careers along the way.

LIBBY PURVES was a late starter, having her first baby at thirty-two. Previously she practised for motherhood by carrying heavy tape recorders round all day (on BBC Radio Oxford), getting up at 3.30am (as presenter of the Radio 4 Today programme), and by refereeing contentious arguments (as chair of BBC TV’s Choices).

Libby Purves has written and edited several books, and writes for a number of newspapers and magazines. Now she lives in Suffolk with her husband, Paul Heiney, her son of eleven and daughter of nine. Once a week, she escapes from home life by travelling to London to present the Radio 4 chat show, Midweek, in which only two people are ever allowed to talk at once, and nobody’s nose needs wiping.

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ISBN 13 9780006369882
ISBN 10 000636988X
Title How Not to Be a Perfect Mother
Author Libby Purves
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1994-07-11
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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