The Granny Diaries: An Insider’s Guide for New Grandmothers
The Granny Diaries: An Insider’s Guide for New Grandmothers
This delightful guide gives new grandmas clear direction on how to navigate foreign territory. Celebrated columnist Adair Lara advises on how to choose a decent name (Oopsie? Boopsie?). She outlines how to give advice without getting a Dr. Sears guide chucked at the head. She offers wise counsel on how to stay on the parents’ good side (hint: don’t say anything, ever). Hilarious in its blunt truisms, The Granny Diaries steers around the shoals of grandma sentimentality. And yet, having fallen madly in love with her own grandchildren, Adair affirms that the years after the big G truly are golden.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars “The other grandma”
The feelings and thoughts shared in this book were very familiar to me. Being the mother of a son who has a son I could really identify on not being the real grandma. It was funny and all too true.
5 Stars Great New-Granny Gift
It’s very funny. Every first-time grandmother will identify with the author’s experiences and thoughts. A perfect gift for a first-time grandmother. However, be aware that the parents of the new baby are not married to each other if that makes a difference in your decision to purchase.
4 Stars Cute Book
A very cute book and a very quick read—great for those with limited free time. The only negative is a term used referring to the grandmother on the father’s side, I believe it was “auxillary grandmother” or something similar. It referred to the mother of the baby’s dad as if she was less important than the mother of the baby’s mom, and both grandmothers are equally important in that grandchild’s life. 
2 Stars Granny Diaries
I am not a new grandmother, but received this book as a gift. I am going to be the grandma of the son. I think the book was meant to be funny, and for first time grandmothers of a daughter. But while it gave some good advice. I think it talked about how difficult the daughter would be, and how to get around her. When it came to the chapter on the Auxiliary Grandmother is was very hurtful. And while pretending to be funny, it was to put the other grandmother in her place. And let her know chances were that the marriage won’t work anyway. I thought I had read this wrong,but went back several times. And each time it said the same thing. Please don’t buy this for a first time or any grandmother that it is her son. You will hurt her feeling.and there will be bad feelings. Both Grandmothers are equally important,and shouldn’t be made to feel any different. It just ruined my day, maybe I’m to sensitive but felt the need to write a review
5 Stars Great Gift for Grandma
My brother got this for my mom for Christmas. She loved this book & got such a kick out of reading from it to her friends & family. I thing she learned quite a bit from this book & loved its humor. The most important thing was learning that she needed to let her children experience parenting on their own & not to always intervene even when she wanted to & to constantly reassure them they are doing a great job. It is my turn to have a baby now & I am glad to have this book in my corner! This is a great gift for a grandma!
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