Jewish Daughter Diaries

"Full of love, humor, and heart, the stories in The Jewish Daughter Diaries are a joy to read. Perfect for all the beloved moms and daughters in your life!" - Janice Erlbaum, author of Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir"

 

"The Jewish Daughter Diaries is one of those rare comic treats: charming, hilarious and scarily relatable. I haven't had this much fun reading in years." - Jordan Michael Smith, New York Times contributor

 

"We read the entire book in 3 hours, that’s how hilarious and fun it is." - GirlieGirl Army

 

"A must-read...You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll relate, and you’ll give your mother a hug...It’s that good." - College Candy

 

"The essays are personal, funny and heartwarming...the perfect present for mothers and daughters to enjoy and discuss together." - The Jerusalem Post

 

The Jewish Daughter Diaries wittily captures the essence of twenty-seven Jewish mothers through short stories contributed by prominent Jewish writers and performers about their moms, and each author's unique voice, whether sarcastic or humorous or anything in between, comes through clearly in each story. - The Huffington Post

 

"One size does not fit all when it comes to the stereotype of Jewish mothers, as D.C. editor Rachel Ament’s hilarious new collection of essays, The Jewish Daughter Diaries, amply demonstrates...This collection is a very welcome addition to Jewish family literature." - Washington City Paper

 

"The overwhelming connection between mothers and daughters to emerge from this book is overwhelming love. What else could I do but love it?" - The Jewish Chronicle

 

"The Jewish Daughter Diaries reveals the beautiful truth of the Jewish human condition." - Jewish Women Magazine

 

"Exceedingly refreshing...When a book is full of so much love, a reader can’t help but feel it too." - New Voices Magazine

 

"If you’d like to indulge in Jewish mom on daughter hysteria or just hear how Lauren Greenberg’s mom pretended to be her on JDate, (cough, my mom did that too) be sure to get your copy today." -Shalom Life

 

"I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I think Jewish mothers, daughters, or any women who share a mother/daughter bond, will find something that resonates with them." - Thought Catalog

 

The stories in Ament’s book, “The Jewish Daughter Diaries: True Stories of Being Loved Too Much by Our Moms,” are full of humor and heart, brimming over with unabashed, uninhibited, fierce motherly love...the 28 contributors are a talented bunch of gals. - LEO Weekly

 

"Very funny, embarrassing, and true." - The Hairpin

 

"When reading Jewish Daughter Diaries—whether I was on the subway or at the gym, I was cupping my hands over my eyes and laughing, thanking the universe, thinking, 'It’s not just me!'" - Jewcy

 

The strength of Ament’s book is that she (and her writers) manages to tease out the kernel of truth in every stereotype and make them rise to the top as one, big, fuzzy feeling: Jewish mothers, like all mothers, are ultimately loveable — and loved. - The Forward