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Mother, Can You Not?

By: Kate Friedman
Narrated by: Kate Siegel-Friedman, Kim Friedman
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''Happy birthday, spawn. Welcome to the wrong side of 25. The expiration date on your eggs is officially in sight. Tick tock. Love, Mom.'' This was the text message Kate Friedman woke up to on the morning of her 26th birthday, but her mother's maternal adoration and helicopter parenting began while Kate was still in utero. Never shy about pushing her only daughter to study harder, to dump her loser boyfriends, to move to 'less rapey' neighbourhoods, Kate's mum has given some truly hilarious but often sage advice over the years.

It wasn't until Kate began sharing her mother's messages online that she realized quite how many people would find her mother as hysterical as she does. Over 700,000 people follow @CrazyJewishMom on Instagram, and this side-splittingly funny mother-daughter duo has been featured in media around the world. From taking Kate to buy her first bra at a speciality drag-queen shop to stalking a Princeton admissions officer across state lines to posing as her daughter on multiple dating sites, Mother, Can You Not? is Kate's brilliantly funny and affectionate story of life with her fabulous, eccentric mother.

©2016 Kate Friedman (P)2016 Random House Audio Funny Witty Comedy
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Would you consider the audio edition of Mother, Can You Not? to be better than the print version?

Better than the print version as your hearing the stories in the authors own voice

What was one of the most memorable moments of Mother, Can You Not??

The std story hilarious

What about Kate Siegel-Friedman and Kim Friedman ’s performance did you like?

Her honesty

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Couldn't stop laughing

Any additional comments?

Only wish more books like this were released

Absolutely hilarious

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