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Synopsis

A generation ago we asked how does she do it all. Now comes a story that wonders, how do we stop? A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR is a satire on the frenzy of modern parenting, feminism, childcare, and most certainly the pervasiveness of the pharmaceutical industry. THE NANNY DIARIES collides with PROZAC NATION in this story that chronicles Anna Moore's journey from Super Mom to Super Hot Mess to Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Propped up by vitamins and caffeine, Seattle Supermom Anna Moore thinks she has it all figured out. Three free range, organic-fed kids, a skyrocketing career as creative director at her advertising agency, and a stable marriage to a gaming nerd. But when she returns to work after an extended maternity leave only to discover that she's been mommy tracked and the health department has shut down her daycare, she loses her grip. In swoops Maria, a seemingly experienced nanny, who enables Anna to go and win back her job. Anna quickly gets swept up into her work; while on the home front, Maria's meddling antics reach a disastrous crescendo. Soon, every aspect of Anna's life is going horribly and hilariously wrong and she must fight to redefine her existence, with or without a prescription.

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