Parenting | Parenting
Jan.25.2008
From the time she first learns she's pregnant until the time she holds her newborn baby, an expectant mother experiences an extraordinary range of emotions, from nervous excitement to awe-filled wonder. This book gathers together folklore, birth stories, naming customs, and spiritual guidance for...
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Jan.23.2008
"Ericka Lutz’s The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stepparenting will have you laughing through the tears." -- The Supernanny
You're no idiot, of course. You know how to push a toddler on a swing, the recipe for the gooey chocolate chip cookies, and even how to get teens to confide in...
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Jan.14.2008
This collection of irreverent haiku explores the reality of modern motherhood—complete with dirty diapers, spilled Spaghetti Os, obnoxious purple dinosaurs, carseats, strollers, choking hazards, and more.
It’s the perfect gift for new moms with young children at home—a book that can be picked up...
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Jan.11.2008
In For Keeps: Women Tell the Truth About Their Bodies, Growing Older, and Acceptance twenty-seven gifted authors write personal essays about how body image has colored, changed or enriched their lives...or how life’s events have changed their body image. Why is it that with everything women have...
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Jan.07.2008
Edited by Susan Davis and Gina Hyams
About the Anthology
With wit, sensitivity, and unflinching honesty, Searching for Mary Poppins brings together twenty-five of today’s leading women writers- to explore the emotional minefield of mother-nanny relationships, delving into the intimate and...
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Jan.04.2008
Praise for Hold Me Close, Let Me Go"The thrilling level of honesty and discovery burned into every line of Hold Me Close, Let Me Go is something that rarely informs a memoir of any kind. In this case, Adair Lara has transcended the genre of self to achieve selflessness. Her story of her...
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Dec.31.2007
The Imperfect Mom: Candid Confessions of Mothers Living in the Real World
Edited by Therese J. Borchard
About the Anthology
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...
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Dec.27.2007
His novel Never Mind the Pollacks, a hilarious treat, used a fictional “Neal Pollack” to parody the excesses and idiocy of current pop culture. But his self-awareness becomes more self-indulgent (though still witty) in this straightforward memoir of life with his artist wife, the couple’s decision...
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Dec.27.2007
At thirty-four, Peggy Orenstein faced a series of dilemmas shared by many women of her generation: She was unsure whether she wanted children, unsure about the impact of motherhood on her career, her relationship, and her sense of self. Why, when women seemed to have so many choices, did she...
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Dec.27.2007
The classic account of the hurdles facing adolescent girls in America—now reissued with a new foreword, to coincide with the award-winning author’s new book on women and identity. Inspired by a study by the American Association of University Women that showed girls’ self-esteem plummeting as they...
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