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Did your first breastfeeding experience feel astonishingly unnatural? Are you guilty of audibly swearing when your child’s strep test is negative? Have you taken a potty-training child to Disney World or tried to reason with an embryonic frontal lobe (a.k.a. teenager)? And have you ever taken a quiz to determine what kind of mom you are…and lied on the quiz? If you answered yes to any of the previous questions or want to laugh at someone who went six for six, then welcome to Sh*ts & Giggles. From delivery room to dorm room, this collection of unfiltered humor essays—think Lord of the Flies meets Dan Gets a Minivan—spills the dirty little secrets of motherhood. Told from Amy’s perspective as both a first-time and seasoned mother over two decades, these hindsight epiphanies are a brief comedic escape for mothers while they momentarily hide from their children (typically while in their car or on the toilet). Juxtaposed against many of her husband’s glamorous experiences as a professional athlete, Amy’s less-than-glamorous realities as a mother are universally relatable. No matter who you are or what you face, raising children is nonsensical, yet hilarious, as long as the greatest tool in the maternal arsenal is heavily relied upon: laughing in the face of the absurd. Ridiculous but true subjects include President George and First Lady Barbara Bush’s postpartum barbecue, a spousal drowning by breastmilk, vomit vs. the Royal Family, a LaGuardia Airport Delta Lounge ban, Norovirus-inspired décor à la the Australian Open, college applications with a side of bourbon, an inadvertent indecent proposal to a FedEx driver, and teaching a child to drive armed only with Depends and the soothing sounds of maternal panic. Confessions and chutzpah reign supreme through Amy’s pee-in-your-pants lessons and escapades. So enjoy this Jane Austen-like literary journey... if Jane had children... in the twenty-first century... and had no chance of being ap