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Thursday November 12, 2015

Tales from the crib

DeeDee Filiatreault, a regular housewife with fairly normal kids (if there is such a thing), has collected all of her tough, messy and often hilarious family moments into one handy book, Tales from the Crib (Skyhorse Publishing, November 2016). This collection of DeeDee's favorite columns and writings spans her first near-decade in the mom business. Reading it is like plunking down next to that funny mom at playgroup. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll feel less lonely in this thing.

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