Product Description

Best-selling authors Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile brought sweet relief to moms with their first book, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. Here they return with a frank, yet encouraging look at marriage post-tots. They set out to discover if parenthood has to be incompatible with conjugal bliss and if so, how to change that. To find out, they spoke to hundreds of mothers (and quite a few fathers). I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper examines the challenges of modern parenthood for married couples today and it extends a loving hand so that mothers can step out of the madness, make the most of what they have, and learn to love their marriages as much as they love their husbands and kids.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #187198 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780811867351
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Trisha Ashworth has produced advertising for American Express, PepsiCo, and Levi Strauss & Co. She lives in Northern California with her husband and three children.

Amy Nobile has led public relations programs for Visa, FritoLay, and Webvan. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two children. The authors have been on Oprah, Today Show, 20/20, Rachel Ray, Early Show, Fox News and NPR.

Customer Reviews

Fine, but largely unimpressive
To be honest, from the title and look of this book, it wasn't at all what I expected. I thought it was going to be in the genre of "mom-comedy" -- instead it is a somewhat amateur attempt at a self-help book for those having trouble in a marriage with children.

I found the book to be more flash than substance -- heavy cover and paper, heavy on the graphic design, and peppered with "dirty little secrets" and "quizzes." I found all of that to be pretty distracting. The quizzes were largely stupid - not really anything you'd EVER pull out a pencil and take (or if you did, that you'd find helpful). They were just somewhat poorly executed comic relief. The dirty little secrets were weird - not so much helpful in any way, but meant just to catch your attention in an "oh my" sort of way.

The actual helpful text was choppy, broken up with little stories and insets, and hard to get through because of it. Their writing style was actually not bad for the meaty stuff, so I'm not clear why they felt they needed to add in all this nonsense when it would have been a nice read without it.

That said, the info, while helpful I guess, was really nothing new. The authors don't appear to be therapists of any sort, but former advertising execs, who pulled together guidance from others along with some basic common sense.

Overall, I was disappointed in this book, although I liked their writing style enough to be interested in checking out their previous books. If you really want some lighthearted basic advice as a starting point, this might be for you. Maybe they'll be one or two points that resonate with you that can make a difference in your life. But I don't think this book is going to save a marriage, or anything close to it.

Makes a Few Good Points
I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper is a book written by women for women who need to reconnect with their husbands after having kids.

The authors Trisha and Amy interviewed women and couples to get their views on marriage. The book has quotes from couples, dirty little secrets, and even things that husbands wish their wives knew.

It's an interesting, quick, easy read. It doesn't get that deep into marriage issues or answers but it does make some interesting points like 90% of your problems is not your marriage but your expectation of what your marriage should be.

It probably won't turn your marriage around but it may make a point or two that will help give you a better perspective of what's really going on in your marriage.

Decent Advice
I'd Trade My Husband for a Housekeeper...is, in my opinion, an average self-help book aimed at showing mothers that they can still be supermom while providing affection and attention to their sometimes neglected husbands. I think the writers had very good intentions and tried to write a book that was humorous and fun. They succeeded in certain aspects, but some of the adviced seemed to be advice that you could pick up in many other books or just back talking to you mom, aunt, grandmother, etc. I won't say that this is a bad book because it isn't. Just like many things in life, advice helps some and does nothing for others.