The Granny Diaries. An Opinionated How To Guide

Customer Reviews

Don't miss this! Think family saved from disfunction with humor!

2008-02-20
This little book has way more to offer than is represented by the illustrations. It looks really cute , but it is far more profound than that. Beneath the ever delirious humor the author is famous for in her column in the SF Chronicle are life lessons .This is an introduction to the minefield of current grand-parenting. It is told sensitively and through personal experience by a NEW AGE grandmother who hikes, rides bikes , wears jeans and has a career. This is an introduction to a new era and still touches thoughtfully on the miracle of a child with a new baby to love and how that child's parents learn to see their child as a grown up. Multiple sets of grandparents learn how they can fit into that new family. Adair doesn't miss a thing in this gem. It's required reading for moms, dads and grandparents. GREAT mother's day gift.

Every New Grandmother;s book

2008-07-06
This book is a MUST for all new grannies and also a fantastic book for not new grannies.I laughed my head off. I have two granddaughters, one who is 3 months old, and it gave me a lot of insight and a lot of laughs. It is worth every penny. BUY IT!! It is even helpful and hilarious if you have friends with new babies. It is a different world than it was when we had babies in the 70's.

Loved the book!

2008-05-14
I've always enjoyed Adair Lara's writing and this book reminds me of why I read everything I see that she writes. She is my voice. Our experiences are different but we end up at the same place.

I ordered the first copy of the book for a co-worker who I really thought needed it ; i.e. first time grandmother for an only child BUT grandmother = experienced special education pre-school teacher and daughter = dentist. New mother showing videos so new grandma would know how to diaper and swaddle "right". New grandma trying to do right but a bit lost in the "modern" world.

After reading the book before giving it to her, I ordered a second copy for my great-grand-niece who is also a new grandmother. They're doing better but I realized that it could help her perspecive, too.

I, of course, will ignore all of it when it comes to my step-grands!

Lovely and enormously useful

2008-04-15
Just finished reading The Grannie Diaries and while I haven't had the pleasure of reading any of the San Francisco Chronicle articles by this wonderful and enormously wise grannie, I am certainly going to look up the column! Planning to buy a whole bunch to give as presents to all my new Grannie friends. Going to visit my grand-daughter this weekend and will put into practice what she's taught me.
Be involved without being intrusive. That is the key to the whole thing!

a book for grandmas that won't induce a diabetic coma!

2008-02-29
I am a grandmother, but most books directed at me are sickly sweet and thus either are unreadable or make me feel as if I should immnediately don an apron and make some cookies and start patting someone short on the head. This book actually makes it cool to be a grandmother. It's very funny, and the advice could mean your daughter will start taking your calls again

Essential for any grandparent

2008-02-29
Adair Lara's new book, about bravely facing up to grandparenthood, would appeal to any reader who is curious about entering this new phase of life. How do you deal with the fact that your own child, whom you still think of as your little girl or boy, is about to become a parent?
Devoted readers of Adair's columns in the San Francisco Chronicle will expect her comments to be thoughtful, poignant and humorous, and they will not be disappointed. She writes with an intimate, personal style, an objective point of view, and a sense of humor that is subtle and bewitching. Don't be surprised if you read this book in one sitting, even if you are not a grandparent; in fact, it's a great read for anyone, of any age. If you don't know Adair Lara's writing, you are missing something priceless. - Grandpa in California