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Author: Judith Warner
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Dimension: 9.5 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds.

review from a stay at home mom
I really enjoyed this book. After having my second child I became so depressed that I started taking prozac. I felt like I was the only one who felt like "What did I get myself into?" Reading Perfect Madness made me realize that there are many mothers... more

I'm rarely so disappointed with a book
In some ways, I'm the sort of woman that is part of this book -- I live in an affluent exurb of Washington DC. I'm a stay at home mother who put her child into daycare so she could write from home (not unlike the author). My husband works long hours.... more

Half the story
While I commend Judith Warner for continuing the discussion of modern motherhood, I can't help but feel that she left half the story out. Where is the discussion of mothers who, for the most part, are content with their lives? It seems as if she talked... more

Additional reading
Why didn't Anna Fels' "Necessary Dreams: Ambition in Women's Changing Lives" get the recognition and media attention that this book has (unless I missed it)? Warner brings up relevant points and understandable frustrations, but if you would like to read... more

She is a Parody of Her Ownself
Judith Warner says that motherhood is too full of stress, anxiety and finger-pointing but she proselytizes that we are all doing it all wrong. Does anyone else see the contradiction?

Warner says that she could more successfully handle motherhood... more

If you have an agenda don't read this book
I am really surprised by the negative reviews I have seen here. I tend to think many of the reviewers are stay at home mothers (I am one myself) that had an agenda when they first picked up the book. It is not about making a case for working mothers... more

Irresponsible discussion of food allergies
I've only read about two-thirds of Perfect Madness, but I have already noted that the author makes approximately 9 references to food allergies in which she implies that they are invented by control freak, overprotective mothers (to paraphrase, of course).... more

same-o same-o
Do we really need ANOTHER book coaching/counseling/reassuring women how to get what tons of men have had for years...a career AND a family. I don't see any chapters with the title "how to get your husband to do his share". I suggest her next book should... more

Time For Building Your Life
More and more women are leaving their careers now more than ever to stay at home to raise their kids. People like Judith Warner and all of her buddies in the slightly ill-prepared world of media glitz don't want to believe this.

Too bad... more

A book for every mother
I don't understand why all of the reviews for this book are so negative. Judith Warner did a great job of laying out the problems of all 21st century moms (yes, even those that are not white, affluent women who stay at home all day). She uses historical... more

Interesting read
In Perfect Madness , Judith Warner successfully exposed a strong view being held by some groups of professional women about motherhood in the new millennium. It is all about securing career growth while being a mother, a path that demands less presence... more

Could be better
Judith Warner's book does a great job of reporting on the current perfect parenting craze but offers few realistic solutions to the problems she outlines. At the root of her augment is that mothers today are not activists for themselves and are instead... more

French mom: French system is not as great as Judith says
I am a French mom, I lived in France as a working mom and as an 'at home mom' and I really like it more being a mom in Colorado! Judith was very lucky to have all these advantages in France, I wasn't able to find a place in the over crowded government... more

Oh. please
Here is a line from the book: "It was the day before the Iraq war started and our au pair had fled back to France. If I was going to keep working, I might have to take out a home equity line on my house."

Oh, boo hoo.

While Ms.... more

Very Disappointed
I read all the hype about this book and couldn't wait to read it. Once I got home with it, I had a hard time making myself read the book, which is not well written. Warner does make some good but very familiar points about how many activities children... more

over-parenting does our kids no good
This is not a book about complaining. This is a book about how mothers and fathers are over-parenting and over-doing every little piece of advice they see or hear about child-raising. Many parents have become control freaks and overly competitive, protective... more

Look Elsewhere For a Positive Approach to Motherhood
There is absolutely nothing new here. It has been said over and over again by women who refuse to accept that sacrifice in motherhood is an inevitability. The desire to outsource one's parenting responsibilities is a desire felt by all mothers at some... more

I have the cure for mommy madnes!!!
I have a great cure for mommy madness and a terrific new reality show all wrapped up in one! We will take all of the rich, urban white women suffering from mommy madness and have them swap places with poor mothers in exciting location such as inner-city... more

Watching and Reading Between the Lines
Watching Ms. Warner on TV in an interview was a little surprising. It's hard to watch an interview with a woman, or anyone, knowing that they have less appeal to women like myself, who have cut their careers short, to stay at home to raise their children... more

Good Words in Important, Difficult Debate
Many of the reviews here and by critics have attacked this book for being whiny or only serving a narrow slice of upscale, big-city Moms, but I think that's reactionary. This is a very smart, well-written book that frames many of the key issues of today's... more

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