Bad Mother

<p><b>''I want to be in the company of her frank intelligence forever'' <i>Nigella Lawson</i></b><br>In our mothers'' day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: If you work, you''re neglectful; if you stay home, you''re smothering. If you discipline, you''re buying them a spot on the shrink''s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as a "bad mother"?<br>Writing with remarkable candor, and dispensing much hilarious and helpful advice along the way--Is breast best? What should you do when your daughter dresses up as a "ho" for Halloween?--Ayelet Waldman says it''s time for women to get over it and get on with it in this wry, unflinchingly honest, and always insightful memoir on modern motherhood.</p>