Mama's Got a Brand New Job

Mama's Got a Brand New Job takes the hackneyed working mother genre, throws it in a blender, and serves it up to a crowd thirsty for fun, intelligent chic lit. Patent attorney by day, cocktail enthusiast by night, Maxine leads an enviable life of a happily married, professionally fulfilled Manhattanite, with a twist. In an office filled with black and white, she wears lavender. In a profession obsessed with tactical minutiae, Maxine exudes personal magnetism. Newly pregnant, her adaptability is exhibited by her cocktail of choice, a virgin Seabreeze; the cranberry and grapefruit juices come highly recommended by her obstetrician. Read Mama's Got a Brand New Job to learn how one woman turns the tables on societal norms to get what she wants...and have some fun along the way!

Mama's Got a Brand New Job takes the hackneyed working mother genre, throws it in a blender, and serves it up to a crowd thirsty for fun, intelligent chic lit. You’ve heard the clichés; you’ve read the editorials. Being a working parent will come with sacrifices to a career that will be offset by the joys of being a mother. That may be true for Jane Q. Public. But not Maxine Pedersen. Patent attorney by day, cocktail enthusiast by night, Maxine leads an enviable life of a happily married, professionally fulfilled Manhattanite, with a twist. In an office filled with black and white, she wears lavender. In a profession obsessed with tactical minutiae, Maxine exudes personal magnetism. Newly pregnant, her adaptability is exhibited by her cocktail of choice, a virgin Seabreeze; the cranberry and grapefruit juices come highly recommended by her obstetrician. Read Mama's Got a Brand New Job to learn how one woman turns the tables on societal norms to get what she wants...and have some fun along the way!

Janis Powers has had a lot of jobs. Yale graduate, architecture major, M.B.A, management consultant, stay-at-home mom, amateur chef and inveterate traveler, Janis is now channeling her energy into writing. She blogs regularly on political and social issues for The Huffington Post.