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Celebrating the joyous art of being a mother, MOMumental offers an inspiring, honest, and infectiously humorous look at the perils and pleasures of raising a family in the real world. Once a devout believer in the myth of the perfect mother, author Jennifer Grant now has a more realistic yet still upbeat view of parenting and families. Instead of focusing on creating a conflict-free home, raising picture-perfect kids, and being an ideal mother, Grant offers a wiser and more down-to-earth way to love your children that makes room for mistakes and imperfections. She says, "I share stories about family life and how I've come to appreciate the mess of it. I am grateful for my own happy, idiosyncratic, and imperfect family." MOMumental is one mother's account of the unpredictable, creative, sometimes hilarious, and always rewarding process of raising a family.
About the Author
Jennifer Grant is the author several books for adults, including "Love You More," "When Did Everybody Else Get So Old? " and "Dimming the Day" (forthcoming, 2021) . She also writes for children. Her first picture book, "Maybe God is Like That Too" released in February 2017 and, later that year, won a Moonbeam Spirit gold medal for excellence in children's literature and was named an FORWARD Indie book of the year finalist. A second book in the "Maybe" series, "Maybe I Can Love My Neighbor Too," released in May 2019 and is an official gold standard Junior Library Guild selection. Her picture book on grief, "A Little Blue Bottle" released in August 2020. In October 2021, her latest picture book, "Once Upon a Time Not So Long Ago," will launch. Grant is a promiscuous reader who (usually) finishes what she starts, and is just as likely to be found reading "Dinosaur Bob" as Kate Chopin. She received her master's degree in English literature with concentrations in fiction writing and critical theory from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She lives in Chicago.Find her online at jennifergrant.com.
