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Reviews

Articles

AudioFile Magazine
"Paesel tells it like it is, with an irresistible blend of good humor, painful anxieties, including the agonies of childhood illnesses, and offbeat advice. This is a must for hip new moms."

Elle Magazine's August Must Read
"In Mommies Who Drink, actress Brett Paesel breezily and comically clears the notably modest bar set for her by Warner Books, which calls her voice “as real and poignant as those found in the very best commercial women’s fiction.”… What’s pleasurable about Paesel is her self-deprecating, sometimes raunchy wit and her nonjudgmental attitude toward her peers…Paesel, unlike other recent mother-writers of note, actually seems to like women."

Entertainment Weekly ‚ 50 Hot Summer Picks
"The Mr. Show actress writes about the eternal challenge of balancing motherhood, drinking, and having sex. It gets our vote for one of the summer's best titles."

PEOPLE Magazine‚
Listed as one of the "Summers' Hottest Reads"

Boston Globe
"...honest, affectionate, and smartly written...a welcome antidote to every serious pregnancy and child-rearing guide out there...raunchy, real, and laugh-out-loud funny."

BUST Magazine
"Presented with dry wit and touching epiphanies, Mommies Who Drink is a testament to both raising kids and celebrating one's self in a chaotic world."

Washington Post
"...reaches 'Seinfeld'-ian heights"

Los Angeles Times
"What saves her isn't drinking, it's good friends and a sense of humor."

Winnipeg Free Press
"It's the kind of writing that leaps out in short, smart bursts of creativity... raw and to the point... very, very funny."

Brain, Child Magazine
"...funny, engaging prose...If you read Operating Instructions and liked it but wanted less Jesus and more drinking, Paesel serves it up well."

Salisbury Post
"Paesel is bold and earthy and graphic and extremely funny." -

Edmonton Journal
"The author brings refreshing honesty and spunk to the crowded realm of mommy lit. "

Edge Magazine
"...a bracing mix of the sweet and the shocking."

Women's Wear Daily
"...the book unflinchingly describes Paesel's maternal struggles."

Anniston Star
"Irreverent thoughts are sprinkled throughout the memoir, leaving nothing sacred or off-limits."

Hamptons Magazine ‚ Recommended
"Brett Paesel's account of life BC and AC (that's before child and after child), will keep you laughing through three trimesters, 36 hours of labor and counless nights of colic."

Los Angeles Times Op Ed
Forget mommy wars, try martinis
A Mom's Halloween Lament

Village Voice
MILF's Gone Wild

The Chicago Reader
An interview with Brett entitled R-rated Memoir.

Mothershock.com
Andi Buchanan (author of Mothershock) blogs about her lunch with Brett in Philadelphia.

Indianapolis Star
Brett weighs in on the bored mom in England.

Mamazine.com
Amy Anderson interviews Brett about the book, writing, faking it -- and gets a few reading recommendations.



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