Super Mom Saves the World

by Melanie Lynne Hauser

Confessions of Super Mom was the perfect remedy for overwhelmed mothers everywhere. Now, the super-powered suburban avenger who was turned into a superhero by a Horrible Swiffer Accident is busily... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451220366
• ISBN13: 9780451220363
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Great

This book is funny, witty and all around great. Couldn't put it down. As good as the first.

Another Truly Original And Terrific Novel By Hauser

Super Mom is saving the world again, one villainous chore at a time. If you loved Melanie Lynne Hauser's first book, Confessions of Super Mom, then this follow-up is sure to delight with its generous helpings of humor, clever observations, and practical advice. There's also a bit of [...] tossed in to keep it all moving. Hauser has a wonderful way with words, turning a mom's everyday occurrences into adventures and belly laughs. Birdie, aka Super Mom, once again saves the day and a whole lot more as she battles The Phantom of the Bullpen with gusto. Never one to run from a confrontation, this time Birdie takes on her hometown's corrupt mayor and his tag-along cousin. All the while, she's tackling the truly big dilemmas, like making sure kids don't speed or drink on prom night, and putting the fun back into little league. Along the way, Birdie learns to accept the fact that her daughter Kelly is growing up, learning to drive, and making decisions on her own. Her son Martin is working through a bout of teenage angst, and wants neither her guidance nor motherly love. And then there's the ex-husband who is suddenly making advances, and trying to re-kindle the old flame, while her current beau wants to marry her. It's the balance that Hauser creates between the day-to-day challenges faced by Super Mom and her superhero activities that keeps the pages turning. Birdie finds all the right answers, and once again sets everything right. The only disappointment for readers comes when we have to leave Birdie and her complicated world behind. A funny, entertaining, quick read.

Our SHE-ro has returned

Melanie Lynne has done it again, with her mix of realism, romance, adventure, comedy, and fantasy. Loved the steroids bit and the Phantom of the Bullpen and Our She-ro's engagement to the Clark-Kentesque Carl, as well as daugyhter Kelly's teenage ups and downs and her also Clark-Kentesque teen son's Martin's case of the sparks for a teenage news reporter. Bravo! Hoping for a third installment. And I had no issues with the whole Mr. Clean-Scrubbing Bubbles thing

Supermom is a great hero to all moms

Birdie Lee, the divorced mother of two, suffered a Horrible Swiffer Accident in the first book Melanie wrote, Confessions of a Super Mom. The Horrible Swiffer Accident turned meek housefrau Birdie from a divorcee wondering how she could ever have pleased her obnoxious ex-husband Dr. Dan who hated the very notion she was a supermarket checker, into a Superhero that already saved her small Kansas town of Astro Park in Confessions of a Supermom. Supermom Saves the Day begins with Birdie still in love with Carl the geeky scientist, and yet another Horrible Swiffer Accident. Due to what she calls the Horrible Swiffer Accident she has been gifted with super powers. Super Mom Powers to be exact. She can clean a house lickety-split with no effort at all. She can detect exactly what is on a kid's breath, whether it's alcohol or tobacco. Her super powers have left her a dynamo in the bedroom, too, as she discovers with her new love, Carl. She's also a card carrying member of the Justice League of America, a peer of Batman and Superman. Yet she knows that no one ever wonders if it's Batman's or Superman's "time of the month" when either of them get riled up over injustice in their cities. Birdie is a Superhero, but she doesn't have much respect. She's the Rodney Dangerfield of Superheros. Her duties as a mom and Superhero lead Birdie into yet another curious situation in Astro Park regarding the new stadium the Mayor has built for the local football them. Something about the stadium set off Birdie's alarms and she begins to investigate, which sets into motion a fantastic plot to make huge profits and getting rid of Supermom for good. Shadowy characters behind the Mayor lead Birdie and the entire town into terrible danger, but her superhuman powers save the town once again. On the surface, this book is a light tale of superpowers and pathetic crooks. But underneath the story lies the real plot, the everyday life of a suburban mom involved in too much PTA fundraising, living with her suddenly moody teenage son, and her daughter who has befriended a girl Birdie doesn't know well and doesn't like at all. Birdie loves her Starbucks coffee, and can't stand some of the PTA moms that take the PTA fundraising a bit too seriously. She's the kind of mom you can see yourself sharing a Caramel Macciato and a good gossip with in your local Starbucks, if she only had the time. Birdie is dealing with her ex-husband who is a manipulative jerk, and the possibility of a blended family as she and Carl plan their marriage and their future life with three teens that aren't particularly fond of each other. Birdie addresses the important issues of motherhood, dealing with neighborhood kids with lousy parents, her son's first love, and her daughter's first driving license. But she does so with the power of a superhero, and the love of her small suburban town. Melanie has created a character that resonates with mothers everywhere. Birdie is often harried, confused, and overwh

SuperMom keeps it clean -- and more

She can bring home the bacon, Fry it up in the pan, Get the kids to soccer In her perfect minivan... She's Super Mom, of course. Who else? Unappreciated, overworked, and unable to resist cleaning up after people, Super Mom gives us a peek inside our overachieving selves. Birdie Lee, a.k.a. Super Mom, has her heart in the right place. Saving the world as she knows it, her hometown of Astro Park, involves watching her unathletic son survive Little League baseball, helping her daughter find a prom dress to complement her newly pink-streaked hair, and fighting off a desperate pass by her ex-husband, all while helping the PTA compete with the local Shriners in the quest to raise funds. And that's just in between shifts ridding the world of injustice! I identify with Birdie when she's cautiously teaching her daughter to drive and dealing with her son's adolescence, an experience that even homebaked cookies doesn't cure. Her discomfort with the transfer of funds from the arts to Astro Park's new sports complex is all too real in many school districts. But at the same time, I have to laugh at her motherly reactions. "Kelly Maria Lee, when I am done keeping the world safe for democracy, you are going to be grounded. Do you understand? You didn't use your turn signals once!" And as she and her family frantically separate for the final chase scene: "Be careful, don't talk to strangers, and look both ways when you're crossing the street!" Gotta love it. She sounds just like me. Supermoms of the world, take a break and read Super Mom Saves the World. You deserve it.