Peanut Butter and Naan is TV’s Modern Family meets Eat, Pray, Love with a dash of Chelsey Handler in this funny, touching memoir from a mother of five who fit in perfectly in the Beverly Hills of the South and is the last person you’d expect to have a life-altering parenting experience in the Third World. But she did.

Ask any modern mom and she will tell you that she’s always falling short. Striving for life balance, trying to buy organic, keeping up with homework and lesson and sport schedules, all while being inundated with images of women who seem to effortlessly “do it all,” is enough to drive most of us crazy. Author Jennifer Magnuson was no exception. A fly-by-the-seat-of-her- pants kind of mom to a bumbling family of five children who lived loudly and loved deeply, she knew her spoiled suburban brood needed a wake-up call – she just didn’t have the time to fit one in. But when her husband was offered a position in India, Jennifer saw it for what it was: the perfect opportunity for her family to unplug from their over-scheduled and pampered lives in Nashville and gain some much-needed perspective. But little did Jennifer know how much their time in India would transform her.

Peanut Butter & Naan is a hilarious look at the chaos of parenting against a backdrop of malaria, extreme poverty, and no conveniences of any kind. It is also Jennifer’s story of rediscovering herself and the mother she’d always hoped to be and of revitalizing her connection with those she loves the most. In India, Jennifer found a renewed sense of adventure and fearlessness after years of parenting under a cloud of anxiety. And that was worth the many months of hiding anti-malarial medication in her kids’ morning oatmeal. Hers is a story about motherhood that will not only make you laugh and nod with recognition; it will inspire you to fall in love with your own family all over again.

Peanut Butter and Naan is TV’s Modern Family meets Eat, Pray, Love with a dash of Chelsey Handler in this funny, touching memoir from a mother of five who fit in perfectly in the Beverly Hills of the South and is the last person you’d expect to have a life-altering parenting experience in the Third World. But she did.

Ask any modern mom and she will tell you that she’s always falling short. Striving for life balance, trying to buy organic, keeping up with homework and lesson and sport schedules, all while being inundated with images of women who seem to effortlessly “do it all,” is enough to drive most of us crazy. Author Jennifer Magnuson was no exception. A fly-by-the-seat-of-her- pants kind of mom to a bumbling family of five children who lived loudly and loved deeply, she knew her spoiled suburban brood needed a wake-up call – she just didn’t have the time to fit one in. But when her husband was offered a position in India, Jennifer saw it for what it was: the perfect opportunity for her family to unplug from their over-scheduled and pampered lives in Nashville and gain some much-needed perspective. But little did Jennifer know how much their time in India would transform her.

Peanut Butter & Naan is a hilarious look at the chaos of parenting against a backdrop of malaria, extreme poverty, and no conveniences of any kind. It is also Jennifer’s story of rediscovering herself and the mother she’d always hoped to be and of revitalizing her connection with those she loves the most. In India, Jennifer found a renewed sense of adventure and fearlessness after years of parenting under a cloud of anxiety. And that was worth the many months of hiding anti-malarial medication in her kids’ morning oatmeal. Hers is a story about motherhood that will not only make you laugh and nod with recognition; it will inspire you to fall in love with your own family all over again.