Book DescriptionWhen Betsy Howie became pregnant, she realized a frightening truth: She was about to lose control. So, she itemized her concerns: Can I physically handle it? Do I have the patience for the job? Can I have my career and take care of a baby? Will I be able to sidestep my own neuroses and negativity enough to raise an at least slightly healthy human being? And, of course: Do I have enough money?

Only the last question seemed answerable. "How much does a baby really cost?" she wondered-and began saving receipts. The result was Callie"s Tally, the real-life, day-by-day diary of her daughter"s first year of debt.

In this deliciously engaging and irreverent memoir, Callie"s expenses-Pampers, formula, York peppermint patties for Mom"s postpartum blues-mount as Howie searches for a tiny corner of order in a world otherwise lost to sleepless, timeless mayhem. Part Bridget Jones"s Diary (after Bridget snags the boy) and part Operating Instructions (for the fiscally obsessed), thisis a wickedly funny and fresh story of shifting relationships within a modern American family. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Callie's Tally : An Accounting of Baby's First Year (Or, What My Daughter Owes Me) (Betsy Howie)