The Stepmoms' Club

How to Be a Stepmom without Losing Your Money, Your Mind, and Your Marriage (A Parenting Self-Help Book to Create Happy Blended Families)

By: Kendall Rose

Narrated by: Kim Handysides

The tips, tricks, and support you need to survive stepmotherhood—the perfect listen for every stepmom around.

You've met the partner of your dreams and have gotten your happily ever after, but now you've taken on a new role: stepmom. And you have no idea what you signed up for. Or maybe you've been a stepmom for a while now, but things are getting you down. Who do you turn to for help? Where is the stepmothering support group that'll give you the advice you need? A book for all the ins and outs of having a blended family? Who actually gets how hard being a stepmom can be?

We do. We are the women who have chosen stepmotherhood and lived to tell the tale. This parenting guide holds our solutions to help you:

• Brave the crazy ex demands
• Overcome the financial hurdles of a blended family
• Be prepared for the legal battles and custody arrangements
• Handle disrespectful children
• Nourish your relationship
• Maneuver the emotional breakdowns of stepmotherhood
• Build your own stepmom's club
• Understand why you need your partner to have your back

Written by stepmoms for stepmoms, these tips, anecdotes, and words of advice will help you find success and support within your new family.

We are the Stepmoms' Club—your club—and we're here to help you.

©2018 Kendall Rose. Produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Kendall Rose (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Heartfelt & Relatable

"The Stepmom Club” is hands down one of the best books I’ve read on the realities of step-parenting. It doesn’t sugarcoat the emotional whiplash of loving a child that isn’t biologically yours, navigating exes, or balancing your role in a blended family. It made me feel seen in a space that can feel so isolating.

As both a stepmom and a bio mom, I found myself highlighting chapters, tearing up at moments I’ve lived, and feeling validated in my quiet frustrations and big wins. This book isn’t just for stepmoms—it’s for anyone co-parenting or blending families. Honestly, I couldn’t help but wish some of my ex’s new partners and my current partner’s ex-wife would read it too. There’s so much wisdom in these pages that could make this hard, beautiful dynamic a little more compassionate and collaborative for everyone involved.