All My Favorite Colors Are Red

"Humor," said James Thurber, "is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility." If you add the clause "especially when you are a mother of six," you will have the premise of All My Favorite Colors are Red. It's the diary of Sarah Ferguson, a 39-year-old suburban housewife whose year-long musings can be summed up as follows: Motherhood is hard (Know when to walk away, know when to run) Motherhood changes your life (Nobody lives happily ever after) Motherhood is a blessing (Finding pearls of wisdom in the sea of muck)