The Tao of Poop: Keeping Your Sanity (and Your Soul) While Raising a Baby - Hardcover

From Publishers Weekly In this small book, Glyck, a marketing professional who became a mother late in life, illuminates the dark side of parenting. Babies don't sleep like babies when they're first born, but make a stink at 3 a.m. and bellow for food. This book will provide a belly laugh for some new mothers in desperate need of comic relief, or any kind of relief, from the 24-hour shift that goes with parenting a very young child. It has a niche audience: the economically privileged who are familiar with the milieu of yoga classes for moms who were once achievement-oriented professionals but now battle anxieties about the "right" preschool. The book's 10 principles for sane parenting are clear enough, though not always sufficiently illustrated through stories or anecdotes. Cultural allusion is used as shorthand in place of exposition ("think Angelina Jolie"). With its reference to the popular spirituality book The Tao of Pooh , the title too is cryptic. Readers who like breeziness will gallop through this book. And those who can only read a few pages at a time, between baby chores, will also like its familiar, chatty voice. (Mar. 14) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

"Practical Wisdom that you can use immediately to 'save your sanity' and to grow spiritually from the adventure and discovery of parenthood."--Mallika Chopra, author of 100 Promises to My Baby

"A completely refreshing perspective on the travails, angst, and wonders of raising a baby and toddler. After reading her book, you will simply want to pick up the phone and declare Vivian you new best friend!'--Stace DeBroff, author of The Mom Book

"The Tao of Poop is smart, funny, and insightful—a balm to the soul of every new mother—and filled with wisdom that will support parents in raising happy, confident, and expressive children."--Debbie Ford, author of The Dark Side of the Light Chasers and The Best Year of Your Life

Vivian Elisabeth Glyck is an accomplished entrepreneur and strategic marketing consultant and is the author of Twelve Lessons on Life I Learned from My Garden: Spiritual Guidance from the Vegetable Patch. She lives in San Diego with her husband and son.