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The Seven Day Switch
Two moms as opposite as a Happy Meal and a quinoa bowl. What a difference a week makes in a heartfelt, laugh-out-loud novel by the Washington Post bestselling author of The Overdue Life of Amy Byler.
Celeste Mason is the Pinterest stay-at-home supermom of other mothers’ nightmares. Despite her all-organic, SunButter-loving, free-range kids, her immaculate home, and her volunteering awards, she still has time to relax with a nice glass of pinot at the end of the day. The only thing that ruins it all is her workaholic, career-obsessed neighbor, who makes no secret of what she thinks of Celeste’s life choices every chance she gets.
Wendy Charles is a celebrated productivity consultant, columnist, and speaker. On a minute-by-minute schedule, she makes the working-mom hustle look easy. She even spends at least one waking hour a day with her kids. She’s not apologizing for a thing. Especially to Celeste, who plays her superior parenting against Wendy whenever she can.
Who do Celeste and Wendy think they are? They’re about to find out thanks to one freaky week. After a neighborhood potluck and too much sangria, they wake up—um, what?—in each other’s bodies. Everything Celeste and Wendy thought they knew about the “other kind of mom” is flipped upside down—along with their messy, complicated, maybe not so different lives.
Celeste Mason is the Pinterest stay-at-home supermom of other mothers’ nightmares. Despite her all-organic, SunButter-loving, free-range kids, her immaculate home, and her volunteering awards, she still has time to relax with a nice glass of pinot at the end of the day. The only thing that ruins it all is her workaholic, career-obsessed neighbor, who makes no secret of what she thinks of Celeste’s life choices every chance she gets.
Wendy Charles is a celebrated productivity consultant, columnist, and speaker. On a minute-by-minute schedule, she makes the working-mom hustle look easy. She even spends at least one waking hour a day with her kids. She’s not apologizing for a thing. Especially to Celeste, who plays her superior parenting against Wendy whenever she can.
Who do Celeste and Wendy think they are? They’re about to find out thanks to one freaky week. After a neighborhood potluck and too much sangria, they wake up—um, what?—in each other’s bodies. Everything Celeste and Wendy thought they knew about the “other kind of mom” is flipped upside down—along with their messy, complicated, maybe not so different lives.
314 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2021
About the author
Kelly Harms
10 books1,537 followersUSA Today, Washington Post and Amazon Charts bestseller Kelly Harms is the author of The Bright Side of Going Dark, The Overdue Life of Amy Byler, The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane and The Matchmakers of Minnow Bay. She worked with bestselling authors, Edgar, RITA, and Agatha award winners, and Indie Next List Picks in her time as an editor at a division of HarperCollins and later as an agent at the Jane Rotrosen Agency. She now lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her beloved family.
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August 16, 2021
freaky friday meets ABCs wife swap in this suburban magical realism story.
im not married and i dont have kids, so im pretty sure im not in the intended audience for this book, but i could still appreciate the message of the story. i like that it shows there is no one correct way to parent and that everyone is just doing the best they can with what they have. i also like the theme of women supporting and learning from other women.
i will say that i wish there was more diversity with the switch. both MCs are in privileged middle class situations, so there really isnt an adjustment in terms of race or socio-economic class. not a bad thing, but i think the story may have had more of an effect had the MCs been more different rather than the working vs stay at home mom.
overall, a fine story with good intentions.
thank you lake union publishing for providing a copy!
↠ 3 stars
im not married and i dont have kids, so im pretty sure im not in the intended audience for this book, but i could still appreciate the message of the story. i like that it shows there is no one correct way to parent and that everyone is just doing the best they can with what they have. i also like the theme of women supporting and learning from other women.
i will say that i wish there was more diversity with the switch. both MCs are in privileged middle class situations, so there really isnt an adjustment in terms of race or socio-economic class. not a bad thing, but i think the story may have had more of an effect had the MCs been more different rather than the working vs stay at home mom.
overall, a fine story with good intentions.
thank you lake union publishing for providing a copy!
↠ 3 stars
July 12, 2021
In this corner: Wendy Charles: a mother, wife, and business owner who is running around like a chicken with her head cut off but making it look effortless.
What she really is: Utterly exhausted.
In this corner: Celeste Mason: stay at home mom, cupcake baking, all organic, Pinterest extraordinaire appears to be living a pampered life.
What she really is: Lonely.
Enter Mommy Wars.
After they both indulge in an evening of Sangria and bitter comments barbed at one another they wake up the next morning to realize that they've switched bodies.
I really enjoyed this book and felt it was equal parts humor and compassion. These women are polar opposites of one another but once they begin walking in the others shoes they begin questioning what makes them or any other woman a good mother.
I grew to really care about these women and their lives and I was rooting for them the entire way. A worthwhile, feel-good book with characters that I am so happy to have spent time with. 4 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing my copy.
What she really is: Utterly exhausted.
In this corner: Celeste Mason: stay at home mom, cupcake baking, all organic, Pinterest extraordinaire appears to be living a pampered life.
What she really is: Lonely.
Enter Mommy Wars.
After they both indulge in an evening of Sangria and bitter comments barbed at one another they wake up the next morning to realize that they've switched bodies.
I really enjoyed this book and felt it was equal parts humor and compassion. These women are polar opposites of one another but once they begin walking in the others shoes they begin questioning what makes them or any other woman a good mother.
I grew to really care about these women and their lives and I was rooting for them the entire way. A worthwhile, feel-good book with characters that I am so happy to have spent time with. 4 stars!
Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing my copy.
June 30, 2021
A new book from Kelly Harms each summer is something I’m getting used to!
The Seven Day Switch is about two very different moms switching places. If you’ve seen Freaky Friday, it reminded me a little of that fun movie! This book made me laugh several times, and it’s poignant, too.
Celeste and Wendy learn a few lessons along the way, and I loved their growth as characters.
This is another fun and warmhearted read by Kelly Harms!
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
The Seven Day Switch is about two very different moms switching places. If you’ve seen Freaky Friday, it reminded me a little of that fun movie! This book made me laugh several times, and it’s poignant, too.
Celeste and Wendy learn a few lessons along the way, and I loved their growth as characters.
This is another fun and warmhearted read by Kelly Harms!
I received a gifted copy.
Many of my reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com and instagram: www.instagram.com/tarheelreader
June 21, 2021
While the book seemed to be trying to make a point about mom-shaming, the only mom who was really shamed was Celeste for being a homemaker. How dare she make healthy food and sew her daughter's clothes and engage her children's minds! Bah! Wendy barely apologized for basically just being hateful 98% of the book but that was fine because she had a terrible husband, I guess. Celeste was never given room to be proud of her choices- the book did make a clumsy attempt to make her proud for wanting to be a homemaker but only as long as she never went to her kids school to volunteer or made them food or monitored their TV because eh, that's not gonna bring her joy, or something. I thought I would like this book more but it kinda left me cold at the end.
August 1, 2021
The Seven Day Switch is what I call a light and fluffy palate cleanser. It is about two polar opposite moms who end up in a body swap. Celeste is a SAH overachiever mom married to a unicorn husband while Wendy is a successful productivity consultant who has a hectic schedule between work, her kids and her slacker husband. Needless to say, they are as different as night and day.
The premise is definitely not original and although I didn't love it, I also didn't dislike it. It was just OK. There is one part in the book where the author slipped in a political view about police officers in general that just didn't fit with the story at all. So much so, that I went back and listened to make sure I heard it correctly because it was so out of place. If it would have fit with the context of the story that would have been one thing, but if the story has nothing to do with the topic then I feel like the author should leave their political agenda out of the story rather than just putting it in there gratuitously to check a box. In this case, I actually decreased my rating a bit because of it.
While I really enjoyed her book The Overdue Life of Amy Byler and loved Amy, I had a hard time connecting with Celeste and Wendy. I always think it's a good thing to put yourself in someone else's shoes before passing judgement and this book did a good job showing motherhood from 2 very different perspectives, so that's a plus. 3 stars.
The premise is definitely not original and although I didn't love it, I also didn't dislike it. It was just OK. There is one part in the book where the author slipped in a political view about police officers in general that just didn't fit with the story at all. So much so, that I went back and listened to make sure I heard it correctly because it was so out of place. If it would have fit with the context of the story that would have been one thing, but if the story has nothing to do with the topic then I feel like the author should leave their political agenda out of the story rather than just putting it in there gratuitously to check a box. In this case, I actually decreased my rating a bit because of it.
While I really enjoyed her book The Overdue Life of Amy Byler and loved Amy, I had a hard time connecting with Celeste and Wendy. I always think it's a good thing to put yourself in someone else's shoes before passing judgement and this book did a good job showing motherhood from 2 very different perspectives, so that's a plus. 3 stars.
July 14, 2022
Wendy Charles runs her own business as a productivity consultant and, despite being the breadwinner and supporting her artist husband, does the overwhelming share of taking care of their two kids and running the household. Yes, they eat frozen pizza more than maybe they should, but you have to cut corners somewhere.
Not so for her neighbor Celeste. Celeste has three kids and makes time to cook three healthy meals a day while carting her children and other school kids all around town and still making time to bake cupcakes for school events that don’t require cupcakes.
At a neighborhood gathering, the two get sloshed on sangria with a special kind of vodka in it. The next morning they find that they’ve switched bodies. Because they lay the blame on the vodka, they are sure that drinking it again will switch them back, and because they have to order it specially, they’ll have to be in the other’s body for a week.
I started by listening to this on audiobook, but it was difficult for me to keep up with if it was Celeste’s mind in Wendy’s body and vice versa. When I switched to reading it, it was easier to figure out who was who. The point of this book is essentially that whether you work outside the home or not, any mom has to make decisions, doing her best to take care of her kids, but also herself and her marriage. This is an amusing take on the challenges facing moms, and I enjoyed it a lot despite not being a mother myself.
Not so for her neighbor Celeste. Celeste has three kids and makes time to cook three healthy meals a day while carting her children and other school kids all around town and still making time to bake cupcakes for school events that don’t require cupcakes.
At a neighborhood gathering, the two get sloshed on sangria with a special kind of vodka in it. The next morning they find that they’ve switched bodies. Because they lay the blame on the vodka, they are sure that drinking it again will switch them back, and because they have to order it specially, they’ll have to be in the other’s body for a week.
I started by listening to this on audiobook, but it was difficult for me to keep up with if it was Celeste’s mind in Wendy’s body and vice versa. When I switched to reading it, it was easier to figure out who was who. The point of this book is essentially that whether you work outside the home or not, any mom has to make decisions, doing her best to take care of her kids, but also herself and her marriage. This is an amusing take on the challenges facing moms, and I enjoyed it a lot despite not being a mother myself.
July 29, 2021
When it comes to tropes there are a handful I simply cannot pass up. In particular . . . .
Oh how I will read (or watch) anything where the two leads swap bodies. And after having a lot of success with The Overdue Life of Amy Byler I was sure this would be a winner for me too. Unfortunately this release also contained a plotline that I am not a fan of . . . .
And the worst part of all? Both of the leading ladies here were assholes. It didn’t matter that one ran a company and one was a stay-at-home mom. I would not have wanted to drink either of their sangrias. The one thing I did appreciate was there wasn’t any focus on how to be a better wife or a better mom. Every mom knows you can only try your hardest and 9 times out of 10 you’ll feel like you failed along the way. This story focused on Wendy and Celeste realizing they needed to change somethings to make their own lives more enjoyable – and with those changes their families would quite possibly benefit in positive outcomes as well. But like I said, they were not very likeable so it was hard for me to be their cheerleader.
Good news is the library gods timed not one, but TWO Kelly Harms’ books for checkout simultaneously. I’ll be reading The Bright Side of Going Dark in short order and have high hopes I will like that one as much as I did Amy Byler.
In all honesty this was probably a 2 or 2.5 Star for me, but Imma go ahead and give it 3 simply for the earworm that occurs anytime "sangria" is mentioned . . . .
Oh how I will read (or watch) anything where the two leads swap bodies. And after having a lot of success with The Overdue Life of Amy Byler I was sure this would be a winner for me too. Unfortunately this release also contained a plotline that I am not a fan of . . . .
And the worst part of all? Both of the leading ladies here were assholes. It didn’t matter that one ran a company and one was a stay-at-home mom. I would not have wanted to drink either of their sangrias. The one thing I did appreciate was there wasn’t any focus on how to be a better wife or a better mom. Every mom knows you can only try your hardest and 9 times out of 10 you’ll feel like you failed along the way. This story focused on Wendy and Celeste realizing they needed to change somethings to make their own lives more enjoyable – and with those changes their families would quite possibly benefit in positive outcomes as well. But like I said, they were not very likeable so it was hard for me to be their cheerleader.
Good news is the library gods timed not one, but TWO Kelly Harms’ books for checkout simultaneously. I’ll be reading The Bright Side of Going Dark in short order and have high hopes I will like that one as much as I did Amy Byler.
In all honesty this was probably a 2 or 2.5 Star for me, but Imma go ahead and give it 3 simply for the earworm that occurs anytime "sangria" is mentioned . . . .
July 29, 2021
Favorite Quotes:
“Where is Anna Joy?” I ask, the second name poison in my mouth. Anna Joy, for heaven’s sake. She’s not even southern. Where does she get off taking two nice names when there are so few good ones left to choose from in the neighborhood? Because of her greed, some poor newborn is probably going around with the name Bertha-Sue.
She hops to it with a team enthusiasm that fills me with pride. Sure, at home she can leave a half-drunk glass of milk on her desk until it’s science-lab material, but out here, she’s all in.
Are you sick with Old Timers’ like Great-Grandma? Are you going to die?
No one knows what to say to you. Your life path is the conversational equivalent of asking about a bad rash. Is that how you really want to roll?
I have them both going on a chore chart. I have mad skills, Wendy, and soon you will learn to worship at the altar that is my parenting.
My Review:
This was my first experience with Kelly Harms and she provided a deliciously fun and well-crafted read. I adored her clever humor and snark merrily prancing through this slyly insightful and highly amusing book. Her writing style was easy to fall into and her humorous women’s fiction tale covered multiple tropes with family drama, whimsical body-switching, mom guilt, infidelity, and suburban parenting wars gone awry.
All of the characters were well textured and multi-layered but I had a tough time caring for the main character of Wendy throughout most of the book as she was rather acidic, testy, judgmental, full of sharp edges, and needed to save up for that all-important surgery to remove the stick that was firmly embedded up her rectal region. She was a complicated piece of work but thankfully Waspish Wendy salvaged herself and I had mellowed to her cause by the end of the book.
Even if the premise was more than a bit fanciful and outside of my typical reading habits, I enjoyed this one immensely as the women's dilemmas kept me well entertained. I also find a bit of excellent writing such as this can make any genre worth a go. Kelly Harms has an avid new fangirl and has been added to my list of favorites.
“Where is Anna Joy?” I ask, the second name poison in my mouth. Anna Joy, for heaven’s sake. She’s not even southern. Where does she get off taking two nice names when there are so few good ones left to choose from in the neighborhood? Because of her greed, some poor newborn is probably going around with the name Bertha-Sue.
She hops to it with a team enthusiasm that fills me with pride. Sure, at home she can leave a half-drunk glass of milk on her desk until it’s science-lab material, but out here, she’s all in.
Are you sick with Old Timers’ like Great-Grandma? Are you going to die?
No one knows what to say to you. Your life path is the conversational equivalent of asking about a bad rash. Is that how you really want to roll?
I have them both going on a chore chart. I have mad skills, Wendy, and soon you will learn to worship at the altar that is my parenting.
My Review:
This was my first experience with Kelly Harms and she provided a deliciously fun and well-crafted read. I adored her clever humor and snark merrily prancing through this slyly insightful and highly amusing book. Her writing style was easy to fall into and her humorous women’s fiction tale covered multiple tropes with family drama, whimsical body-switching, mom guilt, infidelity, and suburban parenting wars gone awry.
All of the characters were well textured and multi-layered but I had a tough time caring for the main character of Wendy throughout most of the book as she was rather acidic, testy, judgmental, full of sharp edges, and needed to save up for that all-important surgery to remove the stick that was firmly embedded up her rectal region. She was a complicated piece of work but thankfully Waspish Wendy salvaged herself and I had mellowed to her cause by the end of the book.
Even if the premise was more than a bit fanciful and outside of my typical reading habits, I enjoyed this one immensely as the women's dilemmas kept me well entertained. I also find a bit of excellent writing such as this can make any genre worth a go. Kelly Harms has an avid new fangirl and has been added to my list of favorites.
August 2, 2021
There is nothing called perfect parenting.
The Seven Day Switch tells the story of two mothers. There's Wendy Charles, a successful businesswoman, mother of two, bringing up her kids more on store-bought foods than home cooked meals, and constantly suffering from mom-guilt and Celeste Mason, a stay-at-home mom of three, living with a loving husband, obsessively cleaning and cooking, has apparently perfected parenting and yet suffers from a sense of insecurity about her future importance in the family once kids grow up. They both judge each other's lifestyles and choices constantly until one day they accidentally swap bodies and are forced to live each other's lives for a week. In truth they are both quite amazing mothers in their different ways, and none has a perfect life. They are both exhausted, overdoing things in order to achieve some resemblance to perfection and need to take it easy and live their own lives.
Kelly Harms wrote in this book that the mommy wars are so 2010s, and yet she chose to write a novel about it in 2021. I am not complaining. Unlike the book setting in the US where stay-at-home moms might be relatively rare, in India I have grown up surrounded by them. And I have seen (still seeing) a constant comparison between the two ways of mothering, although admittedly it has somewhat lost the vicious edge over time. So, although I'm not a mother, I hoped to relate to this book. The problem is that neither of the characters are likable or relatable or have any sense of boundary. To make the contrast between their lives, Harms has taken the liberty of making them as different as humanly possible. If the idea is to create two characters representative of two lifestyles, then taking the extremes as examples is not such a great idea. Stay-at-home mothers don't spend 24 hours cooking and doing laundry, or thinking about baking for the entire school or parenting in general. Neither do all working mothers work because they must for a living, are busy as hell and have a jerk for a husband. Also, the climax was over-dramatic.
Harms' writing is breezy and it makes for a fun read. The message is also noble, if not novel. But it took too long to reach the point.
2.5 stars.
The Seven Day Switch tells the story of two mothers. There's Wendy Charles, a successful businesswoman, mother of two, bringing up her kids more on store-bought foods than home cooked meals, and constantly suffering from mom-guilt and Celeste Mason, a stay-at-home mom of three, living with a loving husband, obsessively cleaning and cooking, has apparently perfected parenting and yet suffers from a sense of insecurity about her future importance in the family once kids grow up. They both judge each other's lifestyles and choices constantly until one day they accidentally swap bodies and are forced to live each other's lives for a week. In truth they are both quite amazing mothers in their different ways, and none has a perfect life. They are both exhausted, overdoing things in order to achieve some resemblance to perfection and need to take it easy and live their own lives.
Kelly Harms wrote in this book that the mommy wars are so 2010s, and yet she chose to write a novel about it in 2021. I am not complaining. Unlike the book setting in the US where stay-at-home moms might be relatively rare, in India I have grown up surrounded by them. And I have seen (still seeing) a constant comparison between the two ways of mothering, although admittedly it has somewhat lost the vicious edge over time. So, although I'm not a mother, I hoped to relate to this book. The problem is that neither of the characters are likable or relatable or have any sense of boundary. To make the contrast between their lives, Harms has taken the liberty of making them as different as humanly possible. If the idea is to create two characters representative of two lifestyles, then taking the extremes as examples is not such a great idea. Stay-at-home mothers don't spend 24 hours cooking and doing laundry, or thinking about baking for the entire school or parenting in general. Neither do all working mothers work because they must for a living, are busy as hell and have a jerk for a husband. Also, the climax was over-dramatic.
Harms' writing is breezy and it makes for a fun read. The message is also noble, if not novel. But it took too long to reach the point.
2.5 stars.
August 16, 2021
4 super fun chaotic crazy stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Because I’m not a mom, the whole “Mommy Wars” thing between working moms and stay at home moms isn’t something I know much about. But, I do know this book is laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, and hopefully in a small way a reminder to all moms out there doing the hardest job in the world, that you’re doing great just the way you are!
Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles are polar opposite moms and through a Freaky Friday experience caused by artisanal vodka in a Pink Sangria they switch bodies and lives for one week. Mayhem, laughs, tears and eye opening chaos ensues.
This is a really fun read, I loved both Celeste and Wendy and their crazy and (mostly) loving families. Reading this book was a joy.
Because I’m not a mom, the whole “Mommy Wars” thing between working moms and stay at home moms isn’t something I know much about. But, I do know this book is laugh out loud funny, heartwarming, and hopefully in a small way a reminder to all moms out there doing the hardest job in the world, that you’re doing great just the way you are!
Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles are polar opposite moms and through a Freaky Friday experience caused by artisanal vodka in a Pink Sangria they switch bodies and lives for one week. Mayhem, laughs, tears and eye opening chaos ensues.
This is a really fun read, I loved both Celeste and Wendy and their crazy and (mostly) loving families. Reading this book was a joy.
June 4, 2021
I liked this book but in general it was kind of woman hating even if the message was not to be woman hating. It reads like someone telling a sexist joke and saying geez it's just a joke. We shouldn't be telling those jokes - especially in the kind of book aimed at the people being dunked on. Tired stereotypes and themes. Also... I don't believe the author has ever breastfed a child over the age of one nor do I believe she knows anyone who did.
June 9, 2021
Freaky Friday re-telling? Say no more. THE SEVEN DAY SWITCH is a quirky story of polar opposite neighbors, Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles. Celeste is a stay at home mother and Pinterest queen while Wendy spends her days climbing the corporate ladder. The mommy wars come to a screeching halt when they switch bodies after drinking mysterious sangria. Lives upended, the women must learn to thrive in their unfamiliar new roles.
Although this is a lighthearted story of competitive momming, it does touch on important themes including marital roles, body acceptance, contentment and most notably, comparison. The ending had an after-school special vibe (cue the Full House end-of-episode instrumental music) but it worked with the nostalgia of the book.
As a mom who primarily stays home with my boys, the life of a career-driven mother intrigues me. It’s easy to gloss over the challenges of full-time working mothers, wistfully dreaming about having a conversation on topics other than excrement, Sesame Street, and construction vehicles. But as the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side.
I appreciated the reminder that the pursuit of perfect parenthood is a fool's errand. Motherhood in all its forms is complicated and beautiful whether it is Pinterest-worthy, or not.
AVAILABLE: July 1, 2021
A big thank you to Let’s Talk Books, Kelly Harms, Lake Union, and NetGalley for physical and digital copies of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Review will be posted to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kellyhook.r... per Let's Talk Books book tour schedule.
Although this is a lighthearted story of competitive momming, it does touch on important themes including marital roles, body acceptance, contentment and most notably, comparison. The ending had an after-school special vibe (cue the Full House end-of-episode instrumental music) but it worked with the nostalgia of the book.
As a mom who primarily stays home with my boys, the life of a career-driven mother intrigues me. It’s easy to gloss over the challenges of full-time working mothers, wistfully dreaming about having a conversation on topics other than excrement, Sesame Street, and construction vehicles. But as the old saying goes, the grass is always greener on the other side.
I appreciated the reminder that the pursuit of perfect parenthood is a fool's errand. Motherhood in all its forms is complicated and beautiful whether it is Pinterest-worthy, or not.
AVAILABLE: July 1, 2021
A big thank you to Let’s Talk Books, Kelly Harms, Lake Union, and NetGalley for physical and digital copies of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Review will be posted to Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kellyhook.r... per Let's Talk Books book tour schedule.
June 7, 2021
This is not my usual kind of book and I found it to be a fun and interesting until out of nowhere it calls cops racist and violent who would hurt someone with expired license tags just because of the color of their skin. I am tired of politics in everything and it serves no purpose here except to make clear the politics of the author. It was a completely out of place statement in the scene and by the character who used it. I wish I had known this was not just a silly, light read but one full of unnecessary and outright defamatory statements. I have no desire to read anymore of this book or the author.
June 5, 2021
Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles may be neighbours with daughters who are friends, but Celeste and Wendy aren't friends, not at all.
Wendy is a stick-thin mother of two and businesswoman, married to a handsome sculptor. Celeste is a stay-at-home mom with three children and a balding husband in insurance. Wendy never has enough hours in the day, her kids are used to eating frozen meals and take-outs, she has an enormous mortgage and resents being mommy-shamed by Celeste. Celeste, on the other hand, bulks cooks nutritious food for her family, volunteers for bake-sales, car-pooling etc and sits on her front lawn with a glass of red wine of an evening. She just wants to be friends with someone in the local area but none of the other moms will give her the time of day.
Then after a sangria-off at the local softball potluck Wendy and Celeste wake up in each others' bodies. After the initial hilarious misunderstandings when each woman wakes up in the other woman's bedroom with the other woman's husband, the two of them settle down into each other's lives with varying degrees of success. At first Celeste appears to be very successful, cleaning Wendy's grubby home and getting her children and husband to take some part in running the house, even if she does have to send Wendy's husband a pin to the children's school when she asks him to drop them off! But then when it comes to Wendy's business, Celeste is out of her depth and only surviving by inventing family emergencies and postponing client meetings. Conversely, Wendy is astonished at how much Celeste's husband and children do around the house. But Wendy seems to be subverting Celeste's routines by buying the kids plastic toys and junk food. As the days go on, Wendy and Celeste discover more about each other, their marriages and their own lives their only hopes rest on delivery of an obscure bottle of vodka used in one of the sangria recipes.
I love all those body switch movies and tv series like Big John, Little John, Freaky Friday, Big, etc, so when I saw this as an Amazon early release I loved the premise. I also loved the execution, neither woman is demonised, although I feel maybe Wendy gets it slightly worse - but then she is also the one creating the competition in her own mind.
It's funny, sad, life-affirming, and charming. Highly recommended.
Wendy is a stick-thin mother of two and businesswoman, married to a handsome sculptor. Celeste is a stay-at-home mom with three children and a balding husband in insurance. Wendy never has enough hours in the day, her kids are used to eating frozen meals and take-outs, she has an enormous mortgage and resents being mommy-shamed by Celeste. Celeste, on the other hand, bulks cooks nutritious food for her family, volunteers for bake-sales, car-pooling etc and sits on her front lawn with a glass of red wine of an evening. She just wants to be friends with someone in the local area but none of the other moms will give her the time of day.
Then after a sangria-off at the local softball potluck Wendy and Celeste wake up in each others' bodies. After the initial hilarious misunderstandings when each woman wakes up in the other woman's bedroom with the other woman's husband, the two of them settle down into each other's lives with varying degrees of success. At first Celeste appears to be very successful, cleaning Wendy's grubby home and getting her children and husband to take some part in running the house, even if she does have to send Wendy's husband a pin to the children's school when she asks him to drop them off! But then when it comes to Wendy's business, Celeste is out of her depth and only surviving by inventing family emergencies and postponing client meetings. Conversely, Wendy is astonished at how much Celeste's husband and children do around the house. But Wendy seems to be subverting Celeste's routines by buying the kids plastic toys and junk food. As the days go on, Wendy and Celeste discover more about each other, their marriages and their own lives their only hopes rest on delivery of an obscure bottle of vodka used in one of the sangria recipes.
I love all those body switch movies and tv series like Big John, Little John, Freaky Friday, Big, etc, so when I saw this as an Amazon early release I loved the premise. I also loved the execution, neither woman is demonised, although I feel maybe Wendy gets it slightly worse - but then she is also the one creating the competition in her own mind.
It's funny, sad, life-affirming, and charming. Highly recommended.
May 26, 2021
Stay at home mom (SAH) Celeste and business owner/working mom Wendy end up in each other’s bodies after drinking too many sangrias one night. These moms could not be more different, not just in their choice of career, but also in their choice of husbands, child-rearing methods and lifestyle. Celeste bakes cupcakes for every school event, sews her daughter clothes, packs gourmet homemade lunches, cooks healthy dinners every night, keeps chore charts and is signed up for every committee there is. Wendy is an organized, put-together, self-motivated and driven type-A personality that successfully runs her own business while simultaneously managing homework, school meetings, picking up dinner and getting the kids to activities as basically a single mom. She finds it easier to do everything around the house herself rather than ask her husband or kids to help.
This book was the ultimate exploration into mommy wars. Celeste feels the pressure to be a perfect mom. She feels responsible for signing up for all the volunteer opportunities, driving everyone’s kids where they need to be and for keeping her family happy and healthy. Wendy, on the other hand, feels responsible for the financial well-being of her family, for modeling a successful career for her kids and for keeping her family happy and healthy. Both are moms who love their kids unconditionally, and would sacrifice their own happiness for their wellbeing. The fun part was watching them try to figure out how to live in each other’s bodies without anyone knowing - until they could figure out how to switch back.
Coming from a background as both a stay at home mom and a working mom, I found this book to be spot on in its descriptions of the way moms unfortunately judge each other and their choices. This book did an excellent job of showing how preconceived notions need to be discarded as unreliable. You know the saying, “you can’t judge someone’s life until you’ve walked in their shoes?” This story put that question into action, while infusing humor and insight.
Both women spent time prior to the switch looking at each other with a certain amount of disdain. It takes living inside each other’s lives for them to realize their misplaced judgments and to see the value and necessity in each other’s choices. Some beautiful realizations happened and both moms were able to leave a little of their own mark on their “borrowed” family. Each woman finally recognized the strength and devotion every mom inherently possesses. The question is not which mom’s choices are right, but instead, how both moms’ choices are right for their family.
Thank you to KateRock Book tours and Lake Union Publishing for the advance copy to read and review. I easily recommend.
This book was the ultimate exploration into mommy wars. Celeste feels the pressure to be a perfect mom. She feels responsible for signing up for all the volunteer opportunities, driving everyone’s kids where they need to be and for keeping her family happy and healthy. Wendy, on the other hand, feels responsible for the financial well-being of her family, for modeling a successful career for her kids and for keeping her family happy and healthy. Both are moms who love their kids unconditionally, and would sacrifice their own happiness for their wellbeing. The fun part was watching them try to figure out how to live in each other’s bodies without anyone knowing - until they could figure out how to switch back.
Coming from a background as both a stay at home mom and a working mom, I found this book to be spot on in its descriptions of the way moms unfortunately judge each other and their choices. This book did an excellent job of showing how preconceived notions need to be discarded as unreliable. You know the saying, “you can’t judge someone’s life until you’ve walked in their shoes?” This story put that question into action, while infusing humor and insight.
Both women spent time prior to the switch looking at each other with a certain amount of disdain. It takes living inside each other’s lives for them to realize their misplaced judgments and to see the value and necessity in each other’s choices. Some beautiful realizations happened and both moms were able to leave a little of their own mark on their “borrowed” family. Each woman finally recognized the strength and devotion every mom inherently possesses. The question is not which mom’s choices are right, but instead, how both moms’ choices are right for their family.
Thank you to KateRock Book tours and Lake Union Publishing for the advance copy to read and review. I easily recommend.
November 8, 2021
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Sometimes you read a book and it just makes you smile, feel good. This authors writing style just speaks to me. She writes about women getting through their everyday lives but in a very humorous way. Makes you feel like you’re not alone in your struggles or pressures we put on ourselves.
I put off reading this book because the blurb. I am the worlds worst at this. If I read a blurb I find reasons why I won’t like the book, so the majority of the time I go in blind and based off recommendations. I’ve learned several times over that I’m missing out. So, if you read this blurb and think meh or you’ve heard/read this story already just ignore yourself. If you need a light read that makes you smile, lol, and reminds you were all in this together then give The Seven Day Switch a go.
Fantastic audio
Sometimes you read a book and it just makes you smile, feel good. This authors writing style just speaks to me. She writes about women getting through their everyday lives but in a very humorous way. Makes you feel like you’re not alone in your struggles or pressures we put on ourselves.
I put off reading this book because the blurb. I am the worlds worst at this. If I read a blurb I find reasons why I won’t like the book, so the majority of the time I go in blind and based off recommendations. I’ve learned several times over that I’m missing out. So, if you read this blurb and think meh or you’ve heard/read this story already just ignore yourself. If you need a light read that makes you smile, lol, and reminds you were all in this together then give The Seven Day Switch a go.
Fantastic audio
June 5, 2021
Rounded up to 3 stars for GoodReads. As a mother, I thought I’d love this book and the connections Celeste and Wendy make. However, by the end I felt like the “lesson” we’re learning was way cheesy and super repetitive. The last chapters just droned on and on and on about how nobody has it perfect etc etc.
There wasn’t much plot to it… just a lot of stuff happening and a lot of back and forth.
Also: attachment parenting and extended breastfeeding shaming almost made me DNF.
**I was given an ARC for my honest review. **
There wasn’t much plot to it… just a lot of stuff happening and a lot of back and forth.
Also: attachment parenting and extended breastfeeding shaming almost made me DNF.
**I was given an ARC for my honest review. **
July 7, 2021
Review to come & if I forget to put one here, look for it on Instagram @mom_loves_reading or my blog (link in profile).
I did love this book & recommend it! A super summer read!
I did love this book & recommend it! A super summer read!
December 26, 2022
— 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 —
𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Seven Day Switch
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: N/A
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫(𝐬): Kelly Harms
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Chick Lit
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 1st July 2021
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 4/5
Celeste is a homemaker, on a mission to provide the perfect childhood to her three kids Zoey, Samuel and Anna Joy. Whilst Wendy is a business entrepreneur, flooded with mum guilt that she doesn't get to spend as much time with her kids, Bridget and Linus, as much as she would like. Both mothers have taken an instant disliking to each other, and things begin to escalate at a pink sangria (with vodka) fuelled event, until they wake up with horrific hangovers - oh, and in each others bodies.
The premise of this book is something that's been done many, many times before yet never seems to get less enjoyable. As a parent, I have often wanted to swap with my working partner and have him be a stay at home parent instead, which makes me believe I am the perfect audience for this book.
I did not expect this book to be the uplifting, empowering, and inspiring piece that it was. In all honesty, chick-lit isn't my favourite genre but it really does make for easy reading, and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book.
The main focus of The Seven Day Switch is the character development arc of Celeste and Wendy with a running theme of competitive mothering. I liked Celeste more than I liked Wendy, but Wendy developed the most as a character, her journey was the more arduous one, and every reader loves a fictional journey.
There is humour interlaced, one productive husband and one counterproductive husband, kids with developed personalities and characteristics, and excellent writing throughout. The ending was amazing and really raised it from a three star to a four star for me.
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𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: The Seven Day Switch
𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬: N/A
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫(𝐬): Kelly Harms
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Chick Lit
𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 1st July 2021
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: 4/5
"He shows me how he cares in a thousand little ways. The problem is, I can never seem to believe he really means it."
- Celeste
"This is what it is to be a working woman. Take it from me - you can have it all, as long as you don't ever want time to enjoy having it all."
- Wendy
Celeste is a homemaker, on a mission to provide the perfect childhood to her three kids Zoey, Samuel and Anna Joy. Whilst Wendy is a business entrepreneur, flooded with mum guilt that she doesn't get to spend as much time with her kids, Bridget and Linus, as much as she would like. Both mothers have taken an instant disliking to each other, and things begin to escalate at a pink sangria (with vodka) fuelled event, until they wake up with horrific hangovers - oh, and in each others bodies.
The premise of this book is something that's been done many, many times before yet never seems to get less enjoyable. As a parent, I have often wanted to swap with my working partner and have him be a stay at home parent instead, which makes me believe I am the perfect audience for this book.
I did not expect this book to be the uplifting, empowering, and inspiring piece that it was. In all honesty, chick-lit isn't my favourite genre but it really does make for easy reading, and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this book.
The main focus of The Seven Day Switch is the character development arc of Celeste and Wendy with a running theme of competitive mothering. I liked Celeste more than I liked Wendy, but Wendy developed the most as a character, her journey was the more arduous one, and every reader loves a fictional journey.
"Snobbery is just something I've bought into to explain my choices. Just like it's something Celeste has bought into, but her kind of snobbery is Mother-of-the-Year snobbery, and mine is Too-Busy-to-Be-Mother-of-the-Year snobbery, and the reality for both of us is that the minute you look too closely, any illusion of superiority falls right away."
There is humour interlaced, one productive husband and one counterproductive husband, kids with developed personalities and characteristics, and excellent writing throughout. The ending was amazing and really raised it from a three star to a four star for me.
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July 18, 2021
Really enjoyed, review to come.
March 1, 2024
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This book had the potential to be funny and uplifting. However, the nasty women that lead the story made it really off-putting on a subject that is quite provocative for so many.
This book had the potential to be funny and uplifting. However, the nasty women that lead the story made it really off-putting on a subject that is quite provocative for so many.
August 5, 2021
Thank you Thomas Allen & Sons and Lake Union for a review copy in exchange for an honest review.
This book was so good! A lot heavier than I expected it to be, but I mean that in a good way! I loved the main topic of “what makes a good mom” that was explored, and how women put so much pressure on themselves to have it all - a stellar career plus be present with their kids and the perfect mom.
I will say, you really have to pay attention when you read this. I know Wendy and Celeste are two very different people, but reading about their body switch was a mind trip at times! I did find I had to reread a page or two because I was just slightly confused at who I was reading about.
Overall, this is the perfect read I think for summer. It’s funny, deals with important themes, and that cover just screams “bring me to the pool.” If you love contemporary fiction, this ones for you!
This book was so good! A lot heavier than I expected it to be, but I mean that in a good way! I loved the main topic of “what makes a good mom” that was explored, and how women put so much pressure on themselves to have it all - a stellar career plus be present with their kids and the perfect mom.
I will say, you really have to pay attention when you read this. I know Wendy and Celeste are two very different people, but reading about their body switch was a mind trip at times! I did find I had to reread a page or two because I was just slightly confused at who I was reading about.
Overall, this is the perfect read I think for summer. It’s funny, deals with important themes, and that cover just screams “bring me to the pool.” If you love contemporary fiction, this ones for you!
June 10, 2022
This took me forever to get through. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't for me. I couldn't really relate to the characters because I'm not a mother. This is essentially two moms that switch places, kind of like freaky friday. One is a high-strung working mom and the other is a stay-at-home mom. They both went through a lot of growth and character development. But this just wasn't my thing.
July 8, 2021
I’m always a fan of surreal stories, where you have to suspend disbelief. So the premise of The Seven Day Switch was definitely up my alley before I even opened it! And what was inside was even better than what I was expecting. Even though the topic of switching minds has been done before, such as in Freaky Friday, Kelly Harms puts a fun and refreshing spin on it, while also emphasizing the importance of balance in one’s life. As soon as I read just one chapter, I knew I had to tell my friend who runs Balanced Working Moms on Facebook about it. And, of course, I knew this book would be perfect for my friend Jenny and I was not only excited for her to read it, but also to review it together at her blog.
I really liked and identified with both Wendy and Celeste in different ways. I enjoyed seeing them navigate each others’ lives and the things they did to try to help each other out, even if it wasn’t always with the best of intentions. There was one part I didn’t agree with at first, but I’m glad it was recognized and hashed out between the two women. Wendy’s son reminded me so much of my younger son. (Even Celeste’s son was similar to him in some ways.) I think, personally, I am more of a Wendy. However, I am thankful to have a relationship with my husband and kids that is more on par with Celeste. There were a lot of great moments, as well as some humorous ones. It’s always tricky to write about one character living another character’s life, but Kelly did this flawlessly throughout the novel.
This was a sweet and touching story that I definitely recommend!
Movie casting suggestions:
Wendy: Piper Perabo
Celeste: Ginnifer Goodwin
Seth: Alexander Skarsgård
Davis: Sam Page
Hugh: James Roday Rodriguez
Ruthie: Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Originally posted at Book Coffee Happy
I really liked and identified with both Wendy and Celeste in different ways. I enjoyed seeing them navigate each others’ lives and the things they did to try to help each other out, even if it wasn’t always with the best of intentions. There was one part I didn’t agree with at first, but I’m glad it was recognized and hashed out between the two women. Wendy’s son reminded me so much of my younger son. (Even Celeste’s son was similar to him in some ways.) I think, personally, I am more of a Wendy. However, I am thankful to have a relationship with my husband and kids that is more on par with Celeste. There were a lot of great moments, as well as some humorous ones. It’s always tricky to write about one character living another character’s life, but Kelly did this flawlessly throughout the novel.
This was a sweet and touching story that I definitely recommend!
Movie casting suggestions:
Wendy: Piper Perabo
Celeste: Ginnifer Goodwin
Seth: Alexander Skarsgård
Davis: Sam Page
Hugh: James Roday Rodriguez
Ruthie: Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Originally posted at Book Coffee Happy
June 26, 2021
Well, this was just a whole lot of fun! It’s the twist on 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙮 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮 we all needed. Have you ever looked at another mom or another woman and thought: ‘they have it so much easier than I do.’ Then maybe you should switch places with them for a week.
That’s exactly what happens to Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles. Celeste is a stay-at-home mom of three who cooks organic meals and drives carpool. Wendy is a business-owning mom whose busy schedule has taken over. Doesn’t Celeste ever want to be more than just a cook, maid, and chauffeur? And does Wendy really have it as altogether as she makes it look?
After too much pink sangria at a potluck, these enemies across the picket fence are about to find out. They wake up in each other’s bodies!
There are a lot of laughable moments and some wicked call-outs. But Kelly Harms brings up some very poignant truths here. We women are too hard on each other. Speaking as a mom who has been in the professional world and then left to stay at home with my kids, it’s tough on both sides of the trenches. So we need to support one another. I would have liked Celeste to get a little more credit for her day-to-day work (I mean, you try working out when you’ve got little ones at your feet.) But overall, I flew through this one, and I’m excited to read more from @kelly.harms
Thank you to @lakeunionauthors and @kccpr for this #gifted copy.
That’s exactly what happens to Celeste Mason and Wendy Charles. Celeste is a stay-at-home mom of three who cooks organic meals and drives carpool. Wendy is a business-owning mom whose busy schedule has taken over. Doesn’t Celeste ever want to be more than just a cook, maid, and chauffeur? And does Wendy really have it as altogether as she makes it look?
After too much pink sangria at a potluck, these enemies across the picket fence are about to find out. They wake up in each other’s bodies!
There are a lot of laughable moments and some wicked call-outs. But Kelly Harms brings up some very poignant truths here. We women are too hard on each other. Speaking as a mom who has been in the professional world and then left to stay at home with my kids, it’s tough on both sides of the trenches. So we need to support one another. I would have liked Celeste to get a little more credit for her day-to-day work (I mean, you try working out when you’ve got little ones at your feet.) But overall, I flew through this one, and I’m excited to read more from @kelly.harms
Thank you to @lakeunionauthors and @kccpr for this #gifted copy.
July 18, 2021
It took a while to get into this because Harms had to get the setting right and let us know exactly what each woman's life was like before she upped and changed it all for both of them. Once that happened, it was an easier read.
Because I'm now an empty nester and totally delighted to only have to take care of myself and my husband again, all the parenting info made it less enjoyable a read for me as some of her other books. That said, though, the last third of the book warmed up a lot in terms of the evolving friendship of the two women and the choices they made to help both themselves and each other. I imagine it's a great read for parents of kids who are still at home. For those whose kids are gone, it's still a good read.
Because I'm now an empty nester and totally delighted to only have to take care of myself and my husband again, all the parenting info made it less enjoyable a read for me as some of her other books. That said, though, the last third of the book warmed up a lot in terms of the evolving friendship of the two women and the choices they made to help both themselves and each other. I imagine it's a great read for parents of kids who are still at home. For those whose kids are gone, it's still a good read.
October 5, 2021
I've been catching up to my Amazon First Reads pile. I remember when I selected this one, I only did because it had better ratings than the other options. Not necessarily because the story appealed to me. As I am in "between" heftier or more serious reads, I went ahead and decided to give it a shot to "cleanse the literary palate."
To the horror of many of my friends, I've never watched Freaky Friday or any other movie on that theme, but I think the subject is a good one to explore. I know what the story is about though. What would we do if we were in the other person's shoes, right? These are empathy-seeking stories. That's the bottom line.
In this book, the protagonists are two suburban moms. Wendy, the corporate, ambitious woman who seems to have picked her career over her children, and Celeste, a stay-at-home mom who has devoted her entire soul to making their children's life Pinterest perfect. They are two polar-opposite women who strongly dislike each other. What could they have in common? Let's have them swap bodies and lives for a week. That's the premise of the story.
I must admit that it was easier for me to empathize with Wendy right away and see why she felt annoyed by Celeste. She wasn't totally wrong. I've had my own experiences with the PTA moms who made me feel judged and uncomfortable for my life choices. Wendy is not the bad guy. Neither is Celeste. She chose to live the life she leads for reasons that are valid, and that works for her and her family. In her favor, modern feminist movements have shamed a bit those women who are happily taking care of their children and husbands and do not feel the need to break the corporate ceiling. So, we know it's all about balance. How will these women help each other find balance in their lives?
I liked the humor interjected in the story. I enjoyed their daily activities and how each of them thought they were supporting the other whether this was true or not. I certainly liked the story didn't include a hidden sermon on parenting or a bad feminist take. It's mostly an exercise in empathy seeking, and walking in someone else's shoes. Being able to see your life from the outside, and finding ways to take ownership of your life, whichever way you have chosen to live it.
I felt the final message here is for us women--especially mothers--to be kind and support each other rather than picking each other apart creating resentment and division.
To the horror of many of my friends, I've never watched Freaky Friday or any other movie on that theme, but I think the subject is a good one to explore. I know what the story is about though. What would we do if we were in the other person's shoes, right? These are empathy-seeking stories. That's the bottom line.
In this book, the protagonists are two suburban moms. Wendy, the corporate, ambitious woman who seems to have picked her career over her children, and Celeste, a stay-at-home mom who has devoted her entire soul to making their children's life Pinterest perfect. They are two polar-opposite women who strongly dislike each other. What could they have in common? Let's have them swap bodies and lives for a week. That's the premise of the story.
I must admit that it was easier for me to empathize with Wendy right away and see why she felt annoyed by Celeste. She wasn't totally wrong. I've had my own experiences with the PTA moms who made me feel judged and uncomfortable for my life choices. Wendy is not the bad guy. Neither is Celeste. She chose to live the life she leads for reasons that are valid, and that works for her and her family. In her favor, modern feminist movements have shamed a bit those women who are happily taking care of their children and husbands and do not feel the need to break the corporate ceiling. So, we know it's all about balance. How will these women help each other find balance in their lives?
I liked the humor interjected in the story. I enjoyed their daily activities and how each of them thought they were supporting the other whether this was true or not. I certainly liked the story didn't include a hidden sermon on parenting or a bad feminist take. It's mostly an exercise in empathy seeking, and walking in someone else's shoes. Being able to see your life from the outside, and finding ways to take ownership of your life, whichever way you have chosen to live it.
I felt the final message here is for us women--especially mothers--to be kind and support each other rather than picking each other apart creating resentment and division.
October 2, 2021
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How is it that a book can make me simultaneously never want kids and want them asap? My ovaries are confused. I LOVED this book, though. The gist is that in a Freaky Friday-type body swap, workaholic mom Wendy and busy stay-at-home mom Celeste switch bodies and therefore lives. Wendy has to juggle Celeste's crazy carpool and bake sale schedule, and Celeste has to keep Wendy's small business afloat while keeping her family running in the evenings.
Obviously, they're both in for a wild ride.
I loved Freaky Friday, so I knew this book would be right up my ally. It was so fun to see both sides of parenting choices, and read about how Celeste and Wendy aren't as different as they'd thought. It was also interesting to see how Wendy's life looked different through Celeste's eyes and vice versa, and it helped them to realize things about themselves just by seeing life from someone else's point of view.
Kelly's writing is so good. Some scenes were straight-up hilarious! I have The Overdue Life Of Amy Byler on my shelves but haven't read it yet, but now I'm going to have to prioritize it!
The message is that you truly can't compare yourself to others, motherhood looks different for everyone, and everyone is trying their best. Definitely check this one out this summer!
How is it that a book can make me simultaneously never want kids and want them asap? My ovaries are confused. I LOVED this book, though. The gist is that in a Freaky Friday-type body swap, workaholic mom Wendy and busy stay-at-home mom Celeste switch bodies and therefore lives. Wendy has to juggle Celeste's crazy carpool and bake sale schedule, and Celeste has to keep Wendy's small business afloat while keeping her family running in the evenings.
Obviously, they're both in for a wild ride.
I loved Freaky Friday, so I knew this book would be right up my ally. It was so fun to see both sides of parenting choices, and read about how Celeste and Wendy aren't as different as they'd thought. It was also interesting to see how Wendy's life looked different through Celeste's eyes and vice versa, and it helped them to realize things about themselves just by seeing life from someone else's point of view.
Kelly's writing is so good. Some scenes were straight-up hilarious! I have The Overdue Life Of Amy Byler on my shelves but haven't read it yet, but now I'm going to have to prioritize it!
The message is that you truly can't compare yourself to others, motherhood looks different for everyone, and everyone is trying their best. Definitely check this one out this summer!
July 3, 2021
To all the moms out there, working moms or stay at home homes, have you ever been envious of the other?
This book is a version of Freaky Friday where the Moms get swapped for a week. One was a proud stay at home mom and the other a Business women. Each in their own way thinking they were raising their kids in the best way they knew how. They pinned a lot of topics proclaiming why their chosen paths were the best way, however, deep down they wondered if they were doing right by their kids.
It was such a charming, endearing read and it’s a perfect book for all Moms, who wonder if there choices in life will affect how their kids function.
In the book, they realize that both working and SAHM, both loved their children and was able to be the best mom possible.
I completely related to this book because I have been both and for a fact I can tell you both roles are hard. Being a mom is hard work, no matter if you are home all day with them or you work outside the home.
This book is a version of Freaky Friday where the Moms get swapped for a week. One was a proud stay at home mom and the other a Business women. Each in their own way thinking they were raising their kids in the best way they knew how. They pinned a lot of topics proclaiming why their chosen paths were the best way, however, deep down they wondered if they were doing right by their kids.
It was such a charming, endearing read and it’s a perfect book for all Moms, who wonder if there choices in life will affect how their kids function.
In the book, they realize that both working and SAHM, both loved their children and was able to be the best mom possible.
I completely related to this book because I have been both and for a fact I can tell you both roles are hard. Being a mom is hard work, no matter if you are home all day with them or you work outside the home.
July 12, 2022
It's a Freaky Friday switch between two women who live next to each other and are in the so-called "mom war". One is a successful business woman, the other is a super mom who is on top of things at the home front.
I read this ebook on and off, partly because I kept mixing up the two female main characters that are supposedly very different, yet at one point I barely could differentiate the two and their family members' characters.
That said, it's a good quick read with some parenting drama and a lot of mentions of sangria. 2.5 rounds up to 3.
I read this ebook on and off, partly because I kept mixing up the two female main characters that are supposedly very different, yet at one point I barely could differentiate the two and their family members' characters.
That said, it's a good quick read with some parenting drama and a lot of mentions of sangria. 2.5 rounds up to 3.
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