Hardcover

9″ x 9″

111 Pages

Written and Illustrated by: Batsheva Havlin

Comics for Moms

If you want something done…my mother always says, and never finishes – she has no time. Cleaning, cooking, caring for the children, job – the work of a balebusta never ends. Even so, try, dear friend: take a breath, a break, a minute to sit, to read, to laugh. To identify, to internalize the message: to accept the compliment. And to know that there is none like you – one in a million – a wonderful woman and mother. 

“Balebusta” was first published as a Hebrew column in the Mishpacha magazine, beginning in 5769, and gained many enthusiastic readers and fans. 

With humor, wit and a sober-minded stance, author and illustrator Batsheva Havlin describes the life of a frum woman who tries to navigate her boat through the stormy waves of life. This book is a collection of her first columns, and it is our hope that it will afford you, the reader, not only enjoyment and laughter, but also a new outlook and optimistic view of everyday life.