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Author: Fiona Gibson
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2019-03-01
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0008310971
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Number One laugh-out-loud bestseller. Fiona Gibson is back and funnier than ever! Perfect for fans of Why Mummy Drinks.
Author: Gail Lukasik
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-10-17
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 151072415X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →White Like Her: My Family’s Story of Race and Racial Passing is the story of Gail Lukasik’s mother’s “passing,” Gail’s struggle with the shame of her mother’s choice, and her subsequent journey of self-discovery and redemption. In the historical context of the Jim Crow South, Gail explores her mother’s decision to pass, how she hid her secret even from her own husband, and the price she paid for choosing whiteness. Haunted by her mother’s fear and shame, Gail embarks on a quest to uncover her mother’s racial lineage, tracing her family back to eighteenth-century colonial Louisiana. In coming to terms with her decision to publicly out her mother, Gail changed how she looks at race and heritage. With a foreword written by Kenyatta Berry, host of PBS's Genealogy Roadshow, this unique and fascinating story of coming to terms with oneself breaks down barriers.
Author: Elma Van Vliet
Publisher: Particular Books
Published: 2019-03-07
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780241367223
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE BELOVED INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A gift book for your mother, a lifetime of precious memories for you Mum, Tell Me is a gift book that gives you the chance to ask your mother all those questions you'd always wondered about, and plenty you hadn't. Questions like - What did you want to be when you grew up? - Did you ever have your heart broken? - What is one of the most beautiful or special things you've achieved in life? - How did motherhood change you? Once she's answered them, she gives the book back to you. And you'll be left with a lasting chronicle of your mum's memories, dreams, wishes and stories; a personal keepsake to treasure.
Author: Editors of Chartwell Books
Publisher: Chartwell
Published: 2021-12-28
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 0785840214
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With 200 thought-provoking and lighthearted writing prompts and exercises organized into chapters based on her life, My Mother’s Life guides your mother to begin her life’s memoir and create a fully realized record of her adventures, stories, and wisdom for you and your family to cherish for future generations.
Author: Nina Riggs
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2017-06-06
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 1501169351
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Built on her ... Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a ... memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38-year-old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson--mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years--after her terminal cancer diagnosis"--
Author: Wanda Beemsterboer
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
Published: 2021-11-25
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 8726890275
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"She did not call back. Nor will she, ever again. How I started loathing those two little words, never again." In a heartbeat everything can change. This is the gripping, true story of how a young woman was murdered and a family lost a daughter. Like most young girls her age Nadine lives a life filled with family, friends and thoughts about the future. At seventeen she meets Gerold and they fall in love. But a darkness gradually falls upon their relationship and after almost three years Nadine calls the relationship off. Gerold does not accept this decision and keeps contacting her, despite her rejecting his advances. Yet, one day in December 2006 he manages to lure her to his house one more time. A visit that turns out to be fatal. With countless stabs he brutally ends her young life. Not long after, he is caught and sentenced to 12 years in prison and afterwards a treatment facility for mentally ill prisoners. In 2009 Gerold sends a letter to Nadine’s family, where he apologizes and pleads for them to meet with him. "Call You Right Back, Mum" is the life story of Nadine, written by her mother Wanda. It deals with everything from pregnancy to that fatal moment where her life ended. In the book she follows up on the reconstruction, the trial and the sentencing. Furthermore, this revised 16th edition includes the killer’s letter to the family and the family’s recollection of what happened after receiving it. Wanda Beemsterboer-Avenarius published the book "Call You Right Back, Mum" in 2010, and since then more than 23,000 copies have been sold, now also in English.This is the revised 16th edition. The book serves as an ode to Nadine, but can also help other young girls in abusive relationships. Nadine's parents and sister founded the Nadine Foundation in 2007 against senseless violence and to promote animal welfare. In 2014, Wanda and Jacques received the Right of Speaking Award from the Herstel & Terugkeer Foundation for the book and for their work with the Nadine Foundation.
Author: Sasha May
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2018-06-29
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1546290990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This series of three short stories illustrates the life experiences and perspectives of a five-year-old girl through to the time she is fifteen. It challenges the relationships and bonds that she has with her immediate family when she learns not only how to adapt to living in a big city but also how to survive abuse. She does this while living with an Asian family in East London. The purpose of Mum and Me is to encourage all parents to ask for help when they find themselves in difficult situations where they or their children are in danger. Mum and Me is a way of reaching out to traumatized young adults and showing them how to cope with living with the physical and psychological scares that occur throughout their lives. It shows people that abuse in the family affects all the family members in different ways.
Author: Orna Donath
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2017-07-11
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1623171385
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off. She asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a “natural” role for women—for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers. If we are disturbed by the idea that a woman might regret becoming a mother, Donath says, our response should not be to silence and shame these women; rather, we need to ask honest and difficult questions about how society pushes women into motherhood and why those who reconsider it are still seen as a danger to the status quo. Groundbreaking, thoughtful, and provocative, this is an especially needed book in our current political climate, as women's reproductive rights continue to be at the forefront of national debates.
Author: Angela Miller
Publisher: Conran Octopus
Published: 2014
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781940014197
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Every loss mama deserves to be reminded she is the mother of all mothers.
Author: Lisa Heffernan
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1250188954
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
