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In Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Jessi Klein's second collection, she hilariously explodes the cultural myths and impossible expectations around motherhood and explores the humiliations, poignancies, and possibilities of midlife. Klein explores this stage of life in all its cruel ironies, joyous moments, and bittersweetness.
The best-selling author and Emmy Award-winning writer and producer hilariously destroys the cultural myths and impossible...
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Dexterity
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Taking an honest look at her own journey as a mother, Ethington presents pieces of advice for each moment of motherhood--the good, the bad, the ugly, and every part of the in-between. Filled with raw, honest anecdotes, Ethington's portrayal of motherhood is fully transparent--at times humorous, at times painful--never shying away from the tougher subjects of motherhood that may often get pushed under the rug. While motherhood may often feel like...
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Little Brown and Company
Pub. Date
©2018.
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English
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O'Connell is a smart twentysomething who treats her pregnancy like a new project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after 40 hours of contractions, she opts for a C-section. She manages to nurse for a year but resents her baby's control over her body. This is not a book about the wonders of motherhood but about the tension...
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The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"With the birth of her first child, soon-to-be professor Laura Jean Baker finds herself electrified by oxytocin, the "love hormone"-the first effective antidote to her lifelong depression. Over the next eight years, her "oxy" cravings, and her family, only grow-to the dismay of her husband, Ryan, a freelance public defender. As her reckless baby-making threatens her family's middle-class existence, Baker identifies more and more with Ryan's legal...
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Harper Horizon, an imprint of HarperCollins Focus
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"Meghan Trainor has wanted to be a mom since before she even knew how babies were made. From the moment she discovered she was pregnant with her first child--her son, Riley--she was fascinated by the entire experience. Yes, pregnancy and motherhood are miracles--but even a miracle can freak you out sometimes. Everyone has an opinion on what an expectant mother should feel, think, or do during her pregnancy, and it's hard not to feel overwhelmed with...
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The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Two pink lines on a pregnancy test. The primal scream of a woman pushing through her thirty-fifth hour of labor. The moment a still-wet newborn is placed in his mother's open arms after an unexpected c-section. The bottomless love reflected in the eyes of a father seeing his daughter for the first time. The moment a baby latches to her mother's breast. Or the moment that mother decides to switch to formula. Each of these, and so many more, are stories...
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Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Welcome to essayist Kimberly Harrington's poetic and funny world of motherhood, womanhood, and humanhood-not necessarily in that order. It's a place of loud parenting, fierce loving, too much social media, and occasional inner monologues where timeless debates are resolved such as Pro/Con: Caving to PTO Bake Sale Pressure ("PRO: Skim the crappiest brownies for myself. CON: They're really crappy."). With accessibility and wit, she captures the emotions...
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Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"The Motherhood Space" will carry you through the beautiful chaos of modern motherhood, offering advice, imparting wisdom, and sharing intimate stories to help you feel seen during the intense highs and lows in this season of your life. In this book, doula and mother of three Gabrielle Nancarrow shares her own motherhood journey alongside interviews and personal reflections from mothers around the world, who graciously share deeply honest and tender...
10) Mom enough: inspiring letters for the wonderfully exhausting but totally normal days of motherhood
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Dexterity
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"Author, influencer, and founder of the popular social media community Finding Joy, Rachel Martin offers encouragement for moms by sharing her own personal journey through heartache, self-doubt, and the challenges of motherhood. With over fifty letters of encouragement, from one mom to another, she tells mothers they're "mom enough."'--
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