Generation Ex - Softcover

Praise for MOTHERHOOD MADE A MAN OUT OF ME
'Brilliant!...Karen Karbo delivers a swift kick in the kegels to those sappy WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOUR EXPECTING moms in her funny and appallingly honest novel' VANTIY FAIR

'Peevishly hilarious - MOTHERHOOD MADE A MAN OUT OF ME should be clutched to the corn-silo-sized breasts of every new mother' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'If Carrie Fisher wrote with depth as well as wit, she would probably turn out to be Karen Karbo' SEATTLE TIMES

'My family looks like this: a wife/mother/ex-wife/step-mother (me), a husband/father/ex-husband/step-father (my husband), my ex-husband who lives across town and with whom I share joint custody of Katherine, our daughter, my husband's ex-wife and her new husband (who live out of state), my daughter's grandparents who live two miles away, my step-children's grandparents who live in a neighbouring suburb.' Sounds familiar? One in five families in England includes a divorce which means you, or at least someone you know, has an Ex-tended family with the tense, often complex relationships that go with them. Life after a divorce isn't like coming out into the light after a tunnel - the reality is that you are suddenly a part of a strangely shaped, oddly related family. And these families are here to stay. As a much married matron once told Karen Karbo, 'honey, marriage is for ever, but divorce is for life'. Karen Karbo turns her wit and wisdom to this new state of affairs in this wildly funny and often painfully accurate portrayal of a life rife with exes.

Recoounted through the stories of a group women who gather periodically to blow off steam, and have a few laughs, this is an intelligent, candid, and hilarious book for anyone who has experienced the 'ex' factor.