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2) Surprise
Author
Pub. Date
[2014], ©2013.
Language
English
Description
Colorful birds and their chicks depict the different stages of parenthood, such as caring, comforting, teasing and letting go.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
One morning, Kim Brooks made a split-second decision to leave her four-year old son in the car while she ran into a store. What happened would consume the next several years of her life and spur her to investigate the broader role America's culture of fear plays in parenthood. Brooks asks, Of all the emotions inherent in parenting, is there any more universal or profound than fear? Why have our notions of what it means to be a good parent changed...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Essentially this book is a heavily visual memoir-in-essays that explores how the experience of gestational parenthood-conceiving, birthing, and breastfeeding my son Samson-eventually clarified my gender identity and allowed me to project a different more masculine self. Ruminating on how the experiences contained under the umbrella of "motherhood" don't fully describe my experience amplifies the outsiderness the speaker, who is almost always addressing...
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English
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Max and Pip are the strongest couple you know. They're best friends, lovers—unshakable. But then their son gets sick and the doctors put the question of his survival into their hands. For the first time, Max and Pip can't agree. They each want a different future for their son. What if they could have both?
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Coyne shares his tale: of one man's journey through the first year of parenthood, told with wit, humor, and heart. It is a ferociously funny, inventively foul-mouthed, and genuinely touching account of a baby's first year. If you're looking for a reminder of what's most important in life, this combination memoir and advice book is sure to charm you.
Author
Series
Finlay Donovan novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From USA Today bestseller and Edgar Award nominee Elle Cosimano, comes Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun--the hilarious and heart-pounding next installment in the beloved Finlay Donovan series. Dating. Diapers. And dodging bullets. Who said single moms can't have fun? Finlay Donovan has been in messes before--after all, she's an author and single mom who's a pro at getting out bloodstains for rather unexpected reasons--but none quite like this. After...
12) Mama gone geek: calling on my inner science nerd to help navigate the ups and downs of parenthood
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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Description
How do you connect the artsy, science-nerd mom to the art and science of parenting? Lynn Brunelle shares her field trip through pregnancy and parenting, sprinkled with a sparkle of science, in this hilarious and awe-inspiring memoir. With great enthusiasm, Lynn shows how she shares her inner geek--the part of her that is gleefully curious and wide-eyed with wonderment--with her children. For Lynn, science is the stardust that makes common things glow....
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Growing up as the daughter of a dedicated surgeon, Elizabeth L. Silver felt an unquestioned faith in medicine. When her six-week-old daughter, Abby, was rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with sudden seizures, and scans revealed a serious brain bleed, her relationship to medicine began to change. The Tincture of Time is Silver's gorgeous and haunting chronicle of Abby's first year. It's a year of unending tests, doctors' opinions, sleepless...
14) Motherhood
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In Motherhood, Sheila Heti asks what is gained and what is lost when a woman becomes a mother, treating the most consequential decision of early adulthood with the candor, originality, and humor that have won Heti international acclaim and made How Should A Person Be? required reading for a generation. In her late thirties, when her friends are asking when they will become mothers, the narrator of Heti's intimate and urgent novel considers whether...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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This book provides you with a simple framework within which you can positively raise your little ones in a constantly evolving multicultural world. Parenting our children with a strong, culturally aware mindset enables us to be optimistic about their future.--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Andy Cohen has taken on the most important job of his life-father- and boy (and girl!) does he have a lot to say about it! One of Andy Cohen's most momentous years starts off with a hangover the morning after an epic New Year's Eve broadcast. But Andy doesn't have time to dwell on the drama, as his role as media mogul is now matched with the responsibilities, joys, and growing pains of parenthood. This fast-paced, mile-a-minute look behind the scenes...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A baby can be a good excuse to skip a party, but . . . goodbye alone time, hello awkward new social obligations. All parents want the same things: to balance work and home life, to raise happy kids, to never attend a baby drumming class, and to build a secret room in their home where they can hide (preferably not the bathroom). Yes, an introverted parent would more keenly want to be free of the slew of attention and expectations that accompany both...
19) Crazy sorrow
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"On July 4, 1976, in the shadow of the new World Trade Center, students George and Anna meet on the weed- and wine-fueled night of the nation's bicentennial celebration. George instandly falls for the sensual, magnetic Anna. Soon, they are a couple, dropping acid and exploring the city and each other. Yet their romance is short-lived and they go their own ways. Crazy Sorrow chronicles the next decades, following George and Anna through their various...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"He promised her he would never let go. She's willing to risk everything to hold on. In the aftermath of her husband's logging accident, Elsa has more questions than answers about how to carry on while caring for their two small children in the unfinished house he was building for them in the woods of rural Wisconsin. To cope with the challenges of winter and the near-daily miscommunications from her in-laws, she forges her own relationship with the...
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