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Stallions fight on a marsh in the Camargue region of Provence in France. David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images This unique and humorous book makes an excellent gift for any mother who could use a good laugh – and some reassurance. Glenn Boozan: Oh, man, I have a couple. But my number one that I think of that makes me laugh every time I look at it is there’s a harp seal mom. She has left her baby on an iceberg and she’s swimming away and just flipping the baby off. And it just is so—and with a warm smile on her face. Like, I just love the energy that she’s bringing.
If you’re struggling with motherhood, chances are other moms out there who feel the same way. This book is a great way to connect with other moms and share your experiences. Comedy writer Glenn Boozan has written the mother of all books to make us moms feel better about ourselves.If you’re looking for a book that will make you feel better about your parenting skills, this is the one! “There Are Moms Way Worse Than You” offers a hysterical (and reassuring) look at motherhood in the animal kingdom. Bianca Schulze: You don’t ever hear about quokkas. And so, I loved that. And, if anybody was to write about a Quokka, I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t highlight what you highlighted—is that the moms tossed their kids to the prey as a decoy to keep themselves safe from predators. Yes, I did not know that again. So here I am, excited. Oh, look. It’s the cute quokka. And then no. Sorry. Quokkas. The quokka – a type of small wallaby – doesn’t actually hurl its baby toward a predator. But when threatened, this furry marsupial will create a diversion by expelling offspring from its pouch by relaxing the muscles, allowing its charge to fall to the ground. “The joey serves as a yummy distraction for the predator while the mom runs to safety, hopefully to breed again,” Boozan wrote. And so, I wasn’t even planning on making it a book. I originally just wrote a rhyming poem as a Mother’s Day card for my sister. And then I was looking around to get somebody to illustrate it and just do a couple of drawings for it. And then my manager and his wife read it and they were like, oh, wait, we as parents, this resonates, this should be more—this should be a book. And so that’s the story of how the book was born. But so, I’m going to try my best here at a little joke pulled from your book. But I wanted to say that it is no wonder that your book is selling as fast as a quokka tosses its baby when it’s face to face with a dingo. It’s so fun.
Quokkas’ life expectancy is about 10 years, and female quokkas can produce 17 offspring over a lifetime, with two joeys born each year, according to the Australian Museum. For the latest episodes from The Growing Readers Podcast, Follow Now on your favorite podcast platform. I love this book! It sounds like a song whenread out loud,and it's so funny and sweet thatI almost want to have another baby. Almost.”– Laurie Kilmartin, author of Sh*tty Mom It’s a great way to bond over your shared struggles and to find support from others who understand.Glenn Boozan: Oh my, gosh. That is the best. That is the best review of the book I’ve ever heard. That’s great. I might steal it. In high school and then college and beyond, I was really into writing just in general, and I didn’t really know what kind of writing I wanted to do. And then I just pursued different sort of performance outlets or writing outlets. I took a bunch of improv classes, and I joined a comedy sketch team at my college. So, I sort of just experimented here and there until I finally realized what kind of comedy writing and what kind of stuff I wanted to do. And I really found my voice at UCB in New York, the sketch and improv—I don’t know if it’s defuncted now, but I think it just got sold. But that’s where I realized what I really wanted to do. And I was doing a lot of sketch and improv there and then just applied for jobs and wrote and wrote and wrote. And that’s the end of the story. Bianca Schulze: Yeah, totally. Well, since we’re talking about the Australian animals, I loved that you included the quokka because— There Are Moms Way Worse Than You Book PDF is filled with funny and relatable stories about animal moms who make human moms look like parenting experts. For example:
You know what? Unless you’re bugging me. And that’s why there are authors and writers way worse than me because it’s applicable to everyone. The quokka mom is also a worse writer than me, so I can look at this book and be like, yes, advice for myself.
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So next time you feel guilty about not getting enough done around the house or worried that you’re not doing a good enough job, remember: it could be worse! Bianca Schulze: So, I want to know, since comedy is what you do, what did the writing process look for this specific book once you decided you wanted to make it a book? And it does feature a lot of animals. And the cruel and dark things they do with their baby animals. So, like, how did you decide even which animals to feature? Before we get into the why or the what or the who inspired you to write this book, I want to talk a little about the fact that you are a comedy writer. Will you tell us how somebody becomes a comedy writer and what that looks like on a day-to-day basis?
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