Chasing Superwoman: A Working Mom’s Adventures in Life and Faith
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A funny, intelligent, relevant exploration of living out your faith while juggling home and career.
The Christian community tends to operate under the assumption that the only women attending church are traditional stay-at-home moms. But in truth, more than 75% of mothers with school-age children work outside the home.
Chasing Superwoman gives these working mothers what they’ve been craving—a funny, intelligent, relevant exploration of what it means to live out a vibrant faith amidst the many demands placed on their time and energy. Chasing Superwoman provides a much needed dialogue (not a formula) about the complex spiritual struggle of the working mother, plus a lot of laughter and encouragement for working women to embrace their busy life and trust God’s grace for getting it all done.
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Review by T.Lee, Psy.D. for Chasing Superwoman: A Working Mom’s Adventures in Life and Faith
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Absolutely hilarious, eloquently tender, and refreshingly spiritual, I actually sent this book to five of my friends after reading it. Susan humbly admits to her own vanity, frazzled attempts at daily tasks and self doubts while articulating her authentic Christian journey of being a mom and high powered lawyer. She does a great job of tying it together with poignant Christian truths that don’t put more of a burden on the Christian woman but rather encourage parents to trust God through powerful use of metaphors and personal stories. As a psychologist, I especially appreciate Susan’s awareness that she has various parts of herself that are personified in her different contexts. We all do this, but may not be aware. Although some more conservative Christians may be tempted to judge her for not being so “picture perfect” and identifying ways in which she has felt wounded by the church, the more mature Christian will likely identify with her humility and brokenness while being encouraged by her spunk and tenacity. I highly recommend this book for any parent or professional who has struggled with guilt, feeling overwhelmed or is looking for validation as well as personal growth.
Review by David Boyer for Chasing Superwoman: A Working Mom’s Adventures in Life and Faith
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I felt a leery going into this book for two reasons. First, I am a man and this book is specifically targeted toward working mothers. Second, I have a reputation for reading the first few pages of a book and then never picking it up again. My concerns were quickly allayed as I read this great book.
First, let me say that while the target might be working moms, there is much value in this book for everyone. Susan writes about the alienation from God that we all feel and the difficulties in balancing homelife, careerlife, and Godlife. I never felt like I was not welcome while in this book. I never thought that I had accidentally wandered into the ladies’ room as was my fear.
Second, I couldn’t put the book down. The stories are hilarious and are written with such depth of detail that you feel that you are there with her. I won’t go into specifics, but Susan if you read this, the camping story still makes me smile. The book was so readable that I kept my wife from reading it, instead reading certain passages to her. This was a great read!
Again, I say, this is not the typical book that I read but I found it to be relevant, interesting, and really a fun book to read. It is obvious that Susan put herself into these pages and that is why I recommend it to all of my friends – working mothers, stay at home mothers, and even non-mothers. Thank you Susan for a great book!
Review by N. Taylor for Chasing Superwoman: A Working Mom’s Adventures in Life and Faith
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Who is Susan M. DeMickele? She is constantly changing hats and capes as she settles into her different roles of Lawyer Mommy, Devoted Mommy, Tired Mommy, to name a few. The working mother of three small children, she has grappled with the challenges of holding in her lunch during an important meeting while suffering from morning sickness, listening to a church leader and other church members equate “working mother” with the apocalypse, and suffering from the judgmental stares.
Susan is also an entertaining writer with a steel trap memory. She describes, in hilarious detail, her attempt at playing Super Mommy by taking her pre-school son, two year old and newly potty trained daughter, and 5 week old baby on a four hour airplane trip to see her sister. The result was nothing less than amazing and unclothed. I laughed because it wasn’t me. I also laughed because my steel trap memory now sports purposeful Swiss cheese holes. I just can’t go there.
Susan is me, the working mother. Like the author, I want to be a devoted mother and spend all my intelligence and time on my children. But like the author, I felt the gentle tug of the parable of the talents as it spoke to me and taught me that I had other gifts to share.
Working mothers are often judged a little differently than the mother who stays home with her children. I happen to enjoy my career very much yet when I broach the subject with mothers who stay at home, I feel like I need to apologize or justify. “What does your husband do,” they might ask, assuming I work out of financial need. He’s a social worker. I get the sympathetic, “Oh,” and the look saying, “So you have to work. Then that’s okay.”
But then I haven’t told the truth. He is a social worker but he’s a supervisor. He’s been in his current job a long time. But more honestly, I work because I feel called to do so. But like the author, I don’t know how to articulate this to PTA mafia. Why don’t I volunteer in the classroom? Because I work. Why do I work? Money? Greed? Power? Financial security? Yes, some of that is true, but more importantly, my husband and I spent a good deal of time praying about the decision of being a working mother. The parable of the talents seems appropriate here.
The author shares the same struggles I have had that frankly, make me cringe. Like the secret rules of the public school system, celebration of birthdays, volunteering in the classroom, guilt, making sacrifices, childcare issues, breastfeeding in public, eating in public, and keeping some talents a carefully guarded secret.
Each chapter begins with a title and then a scripture. The author then ties together her life as a lawyer and her life as a mother with her journey back to His loving arms. This book is a must-read for any Christian mother who works.
Review by Reader Views for Chasing Superwoman: A Working Mom’s Adventures in Life and Faith
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Reviewed by Carol Hoyer, PhD, for Reader Views (07/10)
Author Susan M. DiMickele obviously reads working mother’s minds- she is very insightful, shares her experiences and relates to her faith that carries her through. Many mom’s feel the same way the author does- there just isn’t enough time in the day to do all we want to do. We experience guilt feelings, doubt and wonder why God gives us so much to handle.
DiMickele’s ability to bring humor into her book makes readers feel relaxed and not judged. She shares her story of being a Lady Lawyer and Devoted Mom while still trying to please others, especially God.
No working mother can be all to everyone and once you read this book you will realize that your family and faith will not suffer if you work outside the home. Having taken off my “cape” years ago I finally feel free- it is not an easy task, even when your children are grown. There are generations of “Superwomen,” in the world. We often model after them or wish we could be like them. But the main message I got from this book was “be true to yourself and trust in the Lord.” Not everyone is spiritual, and I do think that the author talks about this. The higher power is what keeps you motivated and going when you just want the world to go away. As the author has shown in her book, she has a great support system of family and friends. That is important to have a good support system to talk sense into you when you feel so lost. She spends a lot of time talking about unconditional love, which is very important in our lives. No one is perfect- everyone makes mistakes, but we learn from them.
This is a must read for all mothers- whether they work outside the home or are stay at home moms. Stay at home moms work just as much and must multi-task. “Chasing Superwoman” is a book I recommended to my college psychology students as it is very insightful and really tells readers it is okay to not be everything to everyone.
Review by Tami Q. for Chasing Superwoman: A Working Mom’s Adventures in Life and Faith
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I definitely related to this working woman! I try so hard to get it all done as a wife, mother, christian, etc., but my job keeps me away from the house more than I’d like. The author shares her stories about extended family, preparing meals, parenting, and so much more, and as I read, I find myself in those same scenarios.
Sadly, I also see myself in her spiritual sandals. We want more spiritually, yet we find ourselves so busy with family, work and all the other stuff, that it gets the bare minimum most days.
Although, I didn’t quite agree with some of her views, I did find great delight in hearing her story. It was almost like I was sitting in my living room conversing with a good friend.
***Special thanks to Audra Jennings of The B&B Media Group for sending me a review copy.***