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Author: Editor Laura Nicole Diamond
Publisher:
Published: 2006-11-28
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781430304036
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →True stories about motherhood, that are poignant, heartbreaking, honest and uplifting.
Author: Laura Nicole Diamond
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 2015-06-08
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 1631529714
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gorgeously written and deeply felt, this heartrending, ultimately hopeful narrative about motherhood, loss, and the meaning of life becomes a true page-turner. Lawyer turned stay-at-home-mom Sarah Shaw is struggling to be present for her two young sons and law professor husband, three years after the death of their infant daughter. Then one day, walking in L.A., Sarah’s heart catches at the sight of a young homeless mother and toddler, and saving them becomes her secret, obsessive mission. When tragedy threatens them, Sarah discovers she is capable of deceptions and transgressions she never imagined. Her lies unleash a downward spiral that will threaten her marriage, family, and her sanity. Shelter Us speaks to the quiet joys and anxieties of parenthood, and illuminates the shadowy space between unconditional love and fear of unbearable loss.
Author: Marybeth Bond
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781932361520
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For generations, the bulk of worldwide travellers were men, but today women are taking the lead, venturing out on their own or with others, making connections, spreading goodwill, confronting challenges. More and more it's a woman's world, and this collection of stories by women is inspiring, enlightening, and entertaining. It will move you out of your armchair, take you along paths of memory, and fill you with the spirit of adventure. This remarkable collection delights the reader with tales from such varied locales as Prague, India, Tibet, Cuba, and Antarctica. From each piece emerges a distinct and individual voice, resulting in an astounding array of diverse perspectives and an exceptional range of information. Not just tales of vacationing, these essays cover a range of experiences from silversmithing in Niger, to learning flamenco in Spain, to visiting a queen in Nepal. Predominantly written by female adventurers, who can offer insight as to the particularities of a Woman's experiences abroad, A Woman's World Again seeks to bring these experiences to a female audience
Author: Jill Smokler
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-04-03
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1451673779
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on the hugely popular Web site, ScaryMommy.com, this book takes an irreverent look at the unglamorous side of parenting and tackles the issues many mothers are too afraid to expose.
Author: Therese J. Borchard
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2007-12-18
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0307419444
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The supermom is a suburban legend. At some point, we’ve all forgotten to pack a lunch, yelled at our kids, or been late to soccer practice. This book is for every mom who has ever gotten angry at being interrupted from a consecutive five hours of sleep, or who has ever hid in the bathroom just to get a few moments of peace. In this collection of thirty-six original essays, award-winning novelists, famous columnists, and bestselling authors tell it like it is, covering a plethora of confessions to reassure any mother. Gail Belsky writes about the emotional torture that led to the secret circumcision of her son. Andrea Buchanan talks about the pile of dirty laundry that saved her son's life. Muffy Mead-Ferro confesses to her slacker summer, three months without one organized activity. Judith Newman recounts the game of Torpedo that landed her and her twins in the emergency room. Jacquelyn Mitchard shares how she was expelled from the carpool for showing up late one too many times. Together, their stories provide an entertaining, affirming, and sometimes surprising look at the perils and pleasures of motherhood. Poignant and amusing, The Imperfect Mom is a refreshing look at mistakes we all make in mothering and a consoling and hilarious testimony to parents who don't have it all figured it out.
Author: Patrick Ryan
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Published: 2007-01-30
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0385338759
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Patrick Ryan’s first work of fiction is written with such authority, grace, and wisdom, it might be the capstone of a distinguished literary career. In the Florida of NASA launches, ranch houses, and sudden hurricanes, Teresa Kerrigan, ungrounded by two divorces, tries to hold her life together. But her ex-husbands linger in the background while her four children spin away to their own separate futures, each carrying the baggage of a complex family history. Matt serves as caretaker to the ailing father who abandoned him as a child, while his wild teenage sister, Karen, hides herself in marriage to a born-again salesman. Joe, a perpetual outsider, struggles with a private sibling rivalry that nearly derails him. And then there’s the youngest, Frankie, an endearing, eccentric sci-fi freak who’s been searching since childhood for intelligent life in the universe–and finds it. Written with wry affection, and with compassion for every character in its pages, Send Me is a wholly original, haunting evocation of family love, loss, and, ultimately, forgiveness.
Author: Romi Lassally
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009-04-07
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 1101024623
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Mothers' hilarious, outrageous, heartfelt admissions "Sometimes I lock myself in the bathroom." "I put an educational DVD on so I could have sex. It wasn't with my husband." Romi Lassally provides a judgment-free zone where women can reveal their mommy misdemeanors. From not feeling like cleaning up vomit in the middle of the night, to barking something completely inappropriate to the children, to wanting to be pawed by hands that aren't covered in jelly, the confessions pour in daily. Heartfelt and hilarious, naughty and nasty, frank and outrageous, the confessions culled together for this book represent the best-or the worst?-of those humbling hidden secrets of motherhood in all its glorious messiness as improvisation and triage. They dare to suggest that it's okay for moms to make mistakes, to have unkind thoughts, to publicly or privately embarrass themselves-and above all to be human.
Author: Rachel McClellan
Publisher: Plain Sight Publishing
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781462111152
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Feeling underappreciated, Mom? Mothers everywhere will relate to this author's attempt to stay sane while trying to raise righteous, successful children. In Confessions of a Cereal Mother, popular author Rachel McClellan provides an insightful and sometimes hilarious view of a mother's journey as she tackles everyday situations such as getting her children ready for school or going on vacation.
