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How to Survive Becoming your Mother: A Field Guide to Unsolicited Advice, Saving Plastic Bags, and Saying "Take a Jacket"
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 3 2026
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You swore you'd never become your mother. Then one day, you told someone to take a jacket.
Suddenly, you're saving plastic bags, carrying emergency snacks, giving unsolicited advice, checking the weather, worrying about everyone getting home safely, and saying things you once promised you'd never say.
How to Survive Becoming Your Mother is a funny, relatable look at the strange little habits that sneak into adulthood and make you realize you're slowly turning into the woman you used to roll your eyes at.
From reusable containers and family group chats to grocery-store wisdom, practical advice, and the eternal question, Did you eat?, this humorous guide celebrates the quirks, contradictions, and unexpected affection that come with becoming more like your mother than you ever intended.
Perfect for anyone who has ever caught themselves saying, I sound exactly like my mother, this book is a lighthearted reminder that growing up doesn't mean leaving everything behind. Sometimes, the things we inherit are the things we end up laughing about most.
Funny. Relatable. Slightly too close to home.
And yes, you should probably take a jacket.
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