A Mother to Embarrass Me

by Carol Lynch Williams

Book Overview

Now that Laura is 12 years old, she realizes that everything about her mother is totally embarrassing. Like the way she yodels at the top of her lungs while she works (okay, she calls it singing). And... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440418100
• ISBN13: 9780440418108
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8

Customer Reviews

A Mother To Embarass Me

I read the book A Mother To Embarass Me by Carol Lynch Williams. The book was about a girl named Laura that had a mom that embarassed her all of the time. Her mom was a model and she had ads with her picture on it all over the palce. All of Lauras friends thought that, that was pretty cool but she didn't. One night when Laura, Laura's mom, and Laura's dad went out to dinner Laura's mom told her that she could have a boy/girl party at her house. Laura was excited because then she colud invite her crush Quinn. She thought that the night was going to well so she asked her mom what else was going on. Her mom said that she she was......... you have to read the book to find out what happends. I really enjoyed the book because the author put a lot of deatil. The only thing I didn't like was that somethimes the author rambled on and the story got boring. I would reccomend the book to a girl because they talk about girlie things in the book such as boys and the main character is a girl. If I were to rate the book 1-5 stars five being the best book I have ever read and one being the worst book I have ever read I would give the book a four.

A Mother to Embarrass Me

If you are constantly being embarrassed by your mother or father and want to relate to someone who also is you should read this book. It is also a very funny book too. This book is about a young teen named Laura Stephen who has the most embarrassing mother in the whole state of Utah. Laura's mom is always embarrassing her like her terrible singing while blasting old time music, working at home in her pajamas, leaving food on her face, getting fat, or dancing at Laura's first boy-girl party with her father! Laura can't hide her mother, so she decides to change her. A list seems like the perfect idea- "Things to change about MY MOTHER!!!". After Laura's mom continues to be embarrasasing she finnaly announces that she is going to have a baby!!!! There must be something Laura can do to change this horrifing situation.I really enjoyed this book for various reasons.1)I could relate to Laura.2)It was a funny book.3)It taught a lot of good lessons about growing up.I hope that you will enjoy this book as much as I did.

Fun with Teenage Angst

My 17 year old daughter loved this book! Fans of Williams' other very funny novel, My Angelica, will enjoy this story as much as they did her hilarious romance. As with all her books, Williams' produces an authentic and engaging teenage voice that readers like my daughter will easily relate to. Of course, all teenagers live in constant dread that their parents will commit some humiliating social faux pas that will forever exile the teens from "cool" society, so the conflict of this novel, a publically pregnant mother, is also something that teenagers will relate to. It's a good book, a good read.

"Mothers are like that. Yeah, they are."

No matter your age, you can probably remember a time (or ten, or twenty) when you were embarrassed by your mother. Her words, dress, actions all combined to humilitate you in front or your friends, or worst of all, the love of your life. No matter what you tried to do to stop her, Mom only became more embarrassing by the minute and you thought you'd never be able to face the world again. Twelve-year-old Laura Stephan feels the same way and keeps a list of all the things she would like to change about her mother. But her mom doesn't mean to be embarrassing. She just wants to stay good friends with the daughter she loves. She'd do anything to keep Laura happy, but her best efforts all seem to be wrong. How could Mom have known Dad would hurt his neck while break-dancing at Laura's party? So what if Mom and Christian talked about Laura behind her back? Why should Laura be concerned that Mom has a modeling job while several months pregnant? Will the birth of the baby make things better or worse? Carol Lynch Williams take a humorous look at mother/daughter relationships that are cross-generational. A great read for a mother/daughter book club, a pre-teen who feels embarrassed by her own mother, or a mother who wants to understand her emotion-packed daughter a little bit better.