Where’s
My Award?

Where’s My Award?

How to Get Baby Barf out of a Red Carpet & Other Tales from a Working Mom

Where’s My Award? How to Get Baby Barf out of a Red Carpet & Other Tales from a Working Mom in Hollywood is a love letter to working mom’s everywhere from former stand up comedian turned publicist in Hollywood, Margot Black.

From pumping breast milk in the bathroom of a Beverly Hills hotel, persuading her reluctant son to act in a TV pilot, saving a famous sportsman’s dignity at a hotel launch, being summoned on stage at a celebrity auction by one of the most famous lawyer’s in the world to getting baby barf out of a red carpet, Margot’s tales are hilarious, hysterical and heart-felt.

“Everybody will love Margot and appreciate all working moms after reading Where’s My Award?

I’m buying my wife one of those fake Oscars you find on Hollywood Boulevard. She’ll be too busy to notice the difference.”

Ray Romano – actor, comedian, and working dad

“Margot’s hilarious take on what it’s like to be a busy mom and run a business in Hollywood will appeal to working moms everywhere. I loved Where’s My Award? Heck, I’m calling the Academy right now to find out where my award is—it must have gotten lost in the mail!”

Lisa Ann Walter – Mom-of-four, actress, comedienne, radio talk host

“This book has something for everyone: relatable stories from the front lines of working motherhood, juicy Hollywood gossip and laugh out loud humor. I stayed up till after midnight to finish it.  I loved it!”

Stefanie Wilder-Taylor – Author of 5 books, including Gummi Bears Should Not Be Organic, Host of Parental Discretion, and mother of three

“Margot has crafted a funny homage to all of us working moms! We might deserve a trophy, but sometimes we have to settle for a massage and the glitter tiara our beloved child made for us in art class.”

Elisabeth Röhm – mom and actress (in that order)

“Margot is a lovely person and a hilarious writer, and both things are on full display in Where’s My Award?”

Robin Swicord – screenwriter The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Memoirs of a Geisha, Matilda, Jane Austen Book Club, and Mom of Two

“Margot Black deserves a big, shiny, gold statue for writing this hilarious book!”

Elycia Rubin – entertainment editor at Women’s Health and author of No Biggy!

“When I tell friends that my secret to a fulfilling life is multitasking and balance, I give full credit to my mother. She was an amazing, dedicated, thoughtful woman, spontaneous without being irresponsible.

She accomplished the impossible, and she did it as a working mother. Working moms everywhere deserve an award (especially the ones that work for me). Margot Black’s book is a funny and heartwarming tribute to working moms across the globe.”

Peter Greenberg – CBS TV travel editor and PBS show host

“There’s no more irrational human than a two year old. Oh wait, yes there is: a celebrity. Working mom Margot Black deals with both of these categories of irrational humans with wit, savvy, and most importantly, love.

Working mothers everywhere will cheer her stories of both red carpet drama and her love for Spiderman, not the one you see on the silver screen, but the one who goes trick-or treating. If there’s ever an award for telling the truth about motherhood, she’ll get my vote.”

Cathryn Michon, Writer/Director “Muffin Top: A Love Story”

“I could not stop reading Where’s My Award? These stories are as entertaining as they come. Margot Black wears many hats when tending to either her child or her clients.

She exhibits patience and boundaries with both, keeps up by perpetually moving and thinking, and somehow found the time to share these moments with us–making us laugh along as she discovers what’s ultimately rewarding.”

Wendy Liebman – Comedian, Wife, Stepmom

Where’s My Award? is a comical look at being a working mom in Hollywood

It is a love letter to working moms everywhere told from the perspective of former stand up comedian turned publicist living in Hollywood, Margot Black.

Starting from the point at which she decided to quit the road, find a husband and eventually give birth to their son, this personal and humorous memoir offers a unique insight into the daily struggle with the extraordinary demands placed on working moms in America today. Where’s My Award? is told against the glamorous backdrop of Hollywood, celebrity and the business of public relations.

From pumping breast milk in the bathroom of a Beverly Hills hotel, persuading her reluctant son to act in a TV pilot, saving a famous sportsman’s dignity at a hotel launch, being summoned on stage at a celebrity auction by one of the most famous lawyer’s in the world to getting baby barf out of a red carpet, Margot’s tales are hilarious, hysterical and heart-felt.

Her working mom struggle is real. Who has time for bake sales when you have a Miss Malibu event to PR? And how do you tell the tardy celebrity DJ to hustle because you need to collect your son from pre-school? And what happens when a snowstorm means you’re stuck in New York with a famous chef who is about to appear on The Today Show, when all you want is to be home with your husband and kid?

And don’t get her started on the pressures on being the perfect modern mom? Gluten free, soya free, wheat free, dairy free, organic food is off the menu and Kraft Mac and Cheese on when a working day is so demanding. Collecting Boxtops so that her son’s school can afford new desks drives her crazy and why are all parent teacher meetings scheduled for the middle of the working day?

Celebrities who get a mention as Margot works her PR magic include Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Richard Branson, Gene Simmons, Khloe Kardashian, Kathie Lee Gifford, Sharon Osborne and Mary J Blige. And let’s not forget the entitled Beverly Hills housewives, super rich Bel Air princesses and playboy billionaires she also has to deal with daily.

Margot, who has more than fifteen years working in PR, delivers her candid working mom’s eye view with a large serving of truth, pathos and Cheerios (usually found in her bra courtesy of young son). Where’s My Award? will resonate with working moms who struggle to keep all the balls in the air, a roof over their family’s heads and their boobs in a pert position post childbirth.