Motherhood category: 1477 books
Mothers in Waiting
Healing and Hope for Those with Empty Arms
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
You Are Not Alone
From the moment you cradled your first baby doll, you imagined yourself a mom. Now here you are, a member of the club no one wants to join—the ten percent of women who struggle to fulfill their motherhood dreams because of infertility.
Meghann Bowman knows what it’s...
Love Like Salt
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
CHOSEN BY MAGGIE O'FARRELL IN THE GUARDIAN AS ONE OF HER BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR
'It's a slice of a life . . . a complex, intelligent, beautiful, thoughtful, rather lyrical book' -Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love
'A moving treatise on inheritance, not just of a disease...
by Lia Purpura
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2015
Increase is Lia Purpura’s chronicle of her pregnancy, the birth of her son, Joseph, and the first year of his life. She recounts her journey with the heightened awareness of a mother-to-be and through the eyes of a poet, from the moment she confirms her pregnancy as “A blue X slowly crosses itself,...
Unbecoming Mothers
The Social Production of Maternal Absence
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Learn the who, what, and why of unbecoming a mother
In a society where becoming a mother is naturalized, unbecoming a mother-the process of coming to live apart from biological children-is regarded as unnatural, improper, or even contemptible. Few mothers are more stigmatized...
I Still Want to be a Mom
Escaping Hopelessness and Embracing Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2018
Reveals the #1 mistake women make about being ready to have a baby and the truth about why it's still not happening
Teaches women how to confidently know what is possible for them
Shows women what their body needs most and how to get that
by Emma Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Read this book if you want to make the very most of your pregnancy journey while working. This book is written by a mum of three who has a diploma in both antenatal and human resource subjects as well as drawing on many other mothers’ experiences. This book covers topics such as planning for your...
by Bryn Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Dreaming wistfully of a business trip, just for one uninterrupted night’s sleep? Amazed that your newest child was conceived, since you’ve worn nothing but maternity sweatpants to bed for the last three years? Can’t remember the last time you introduced yourself by your own name, not as your...
The Perfect Stranger
The Truth About Mothers and Nannies
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Lucy Kaylin has written a book that begins with the watershed moment in a mother's life-when she decides to hire a proxy to care for her children. Given that it's not only affluent women who turn to nannies anymore, this arrangement is also a watershed in the history of women's rights. Women now have...
Mother Matters
A Holistic Guide to Being a Happy, Healthy Mom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
Millions of mothers are born each year. From the moment a baby is born, the world seems to focus on childcare, but what about mothercare? Enter Dayna Kurtz, the brains behind Huffington Post's Mother Matters blog. From postpartum depression and "baby blues" to healing meals and postnatal...
by Jane Reid Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Do you wish you could be a great mom, and do a great job at work? Are you finding it’s hard to do both? You’re not alone. At the precise moment that a woman finally gets what she has always dreamed of - an interesting career and wonderful children - she finds out just how daunting that mixture can...
Cereal for Dinner
Strategies, Shortcuts, and Sanity for Moms Battling Illness
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2013
At the age of thirty-five, author Kristine Breese was always on the go--running after her two young children, training for marathons, and working as a full-time journalist. A typical selfless mom, Breese ignored the slight heart flutters and light-headedness she experienced from time to time. However,...
A Fairy Godmom's Book of Reminders
Trusting What You Know About Being a Mom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
"Mama drama" happens when a (formerly) clear-thinking woman puts her role as mom ahead of most everything else. A Fairy Godmom's Book of Reminders opens with straight talk and humorous examples of mama drama. The authors then share insight on 31 comments that moms everywhere make--comments like, "Nobody...
Under Their Wings
A Daring Adventure Mentoring Girls
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Written by one of the Girl Scouts most recognized troop leaders.
True story of holding together a Girl Scout troop over 10 years.
Inspiring exploration of motherhood developing the character of girls.
Mum to Mum
Happy Memories and Honest Advice, From a Real Mum
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2010
A book to bring laughter, consolation and solid advice for every mum who's found herself wandering blearily round her kitchen in a milk-stained dressing gown, too exhausted by yet another sleepless night to remember what day of the week it is, or been left wondering where it all went wrong as her...