Jewish Daughter Diaries

Introducing The Jewish Daughter Diaries—a hilarious and heartfelt essay collection from the most compelling Jewish female voices in comedy, media, and pop culture today, including:

 

• The Big Bang Theory and Blossom star Mayim Bialik

• The Daily Show producer Jenna Friedman

• Last Comic Standing winner Iliza Shlesinger

• Cosmopolitan sex and relationships editor Anna Breslaw

• Loose Girl author Kerry Cohen

 

Edited by Rachel Ament, the collection explores the complex, colorful and, at times, claustrophobic relationship between Jewish mothers and daughters. In these 27 searingly funny tales, Jewish Daughter Diaries offers a more multi‐dimensional characterization of Jewish motherhood than the one‐note Jewish moms we see and fear on TV. Whether the essay features an overzealous mom impersonating her daughter on Jdate, a mom who makes half her daughter’s bed while her daughter is still sleeping in the other half, or a mom who takes her camp‐hating daughter on a visit to a “summer camp consultant," the book is sure to strike a familiar chord in anyone who has ever been over‐loved, over‐protected, or over‐mothered.