Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Your pregnancy week by week Your pregnancy week by week Glade B. Curtis "With millions of copies sold worldwide, <B>Your Pregnancy Week by Week</B> is the established go-to resource for expectant parents time and time again. The book's trademark week-by-week formula help… OL16190867W
The big lie The big lie Tanya Selvaratnam Biology does not bend to feminist ideals and science does not work miracles. That is the message of this eye-opening discussion of the consequences of delayed motherhood. Part personal account, part … OL17059530W
How not to calm a child on a plane How not to calm a child on a plane Johanna Stein "As Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) points out, "These stories will make milk shoot from one of your nostrils and a martini from the other. Johanna Stein brings to mind the unflinching honest… OL17925332W
There's no such thing as bad weather There's no such thing as bad weather Linda Akeson McGurk "Bringing Up Bebe meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir about a mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting philosophy of her native Scandinavia holds th… OL19718883W
Mothers Mothers Jacqueline Rose An essay about culture and feminism argues that human culture simultaneously romaticizes and vilifies mothers, making them into a scapegoat for all failings. OL19742497W
Small animals Small animals Brooks, Kim (Author and essayist) 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 … OL19750284W
Ketchup is a vegetable Ketchup is a vegetable Robin O'Bryant "If you don't have anything nice to say about motherhood, then... read this book. Robin O'Bryant offers a no holds barred look at the day to day life of being a mother to three, running a household a… OL19981877W
Be safe, love mom Be safe, love mom Elaine Lowry Brye "Brye is a mom to four military officers, and for more than a decade she's endured countless teary goodbyes, sparse communication from boot camps and training summers, deployments, emotional airport … OL20004338W