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In Dear Minnie, Stacey brings her trademark empathy and investigative skill to an entirely new ‘frontline’, exploring the varied perspectives of mothers of all experiences. Using letters that each mother has written to their child as her starting point, Stacey’s frank, honest, and moving inquiry takes in experiences from pregnancy to birth and beyond, uncovering the messy truths and different emotional journeys women take, as well as the common bonds they all share.

When Emma Barnett began her second maternity leave, she realised that despite having been there before, as soon as her first leave had finished, the rose-tinted lenses descended and she had immediately forgotten what the experience was actually like when you’re in it. This collective forgetting, which leads to well-meaning comments such as: ‘enjoy every minute’ and ‘treasure this special time’, is doing a disservice to women, leaving them unprepared for the more complicated reality.

What does a mother do when after ten years of drug and alcohol abuse her son is faced with serious jail time? After all of her family’s attempts to save him have failed, is prison the only solution? She takes on the challenge to travel 1,300 miles to be with him when he is taken into custody. To bear witness to his downfall, to be present, to love him. But must she accept the fate that awaits him? This is a mother’s tale. A true story, told through her eyes, of her journey to save her son, who did not want to be saved.

When newborn baby Felix is found abandoned at a train station, the police launch a desperate search for his mum. It doesn't take long for their inquiries to lead them to Emily. While baby Felix is placed in Maggie's care, the police and Social Services try and work out why Emily, a single mum, who has gone through fertility treatment to get pregnant, has suddenly resorted to abandoning her much longed-for child. But it's only when Maggie wins her trust that Emily reveals the extent of her secret. Can Maggie help a desperate mother and her baby reunite?

À celles qui subissent leur relation avec leur mère mais qui sont conditionnées depuis l'enfance à croire que le problème vient d'elles. À celles qui angoissent devant un appel entrant qui affiche « maman ». À celles qui culpabilisent par peur d'être « une fille ingrate ». À celles qui ont sacrifié leur identité profonde pour répondre aux attentes de leur mère. À celles qui se sentent comme une petite fille blessée malgré leur apparence de femme puissante... Je m'adresse à vous.

In Bronzville Brooklyn, NY, a single mother with three children faces the relentless challenges of being an immigrant who cannot read. Despite her persistent efforts to secure a stable life through marriage, each attempt ends in failure, culminating in a devastating assault. Struggling to heal and recover, she must confront her hardships with unwavering resolve. "Unwritten Resilience" is a powerful tale of perseverance, illustrating a mother's unbreakable spirit as she fights to overcome adversity and build a brighter future for her family.

In medieval times, uncharted waters were marked on maps as Here Be Dragons to signify that no one knew what dangers might lie ahead. Melanie Shankle quips that the years spent raising our teenage daughters could be labeled the same due to the uncertainties before us. Filled with personal stories and written in the same whimsical and honest style Melanie is known for, Here Be Dragons will have you both laughing out loud and crying—as you confront the challenges of raising your own strong, independent daughter while fighting dragons along the way.

A glorious antidote to parenting books, this darkly humorous, candid and insightful graphic memoir brings the early years of parenthood to life – in all their chaos, wonder and delirium. Intimate, relatable and very funny, Becky Barnicoat explores everything from the anatomy of the hospital bag to the frantic obsession with putting your baby down drowsy but awake, to the tyranny of gentle parenting. From pregnancy to the feral toddler years, Barnicoat extends a sticky hand to all new parents grappling with the impossible but joyous jigsaw puzzle of their lives.

Clinical psychologist and eating disorder specialist Dr Anna Colton guides you through a judgement- and shame-free journey from pregnancy to a child's adolescence with accessible scientific and psychological understandings. She shows you how you've formed your relationship with food and gives you the practical, evidence-based tools to instill a positive relationship with eating in your children.

Glow and Grow: Positive Words for Mums-to-Be is a heartfelt guide designed to inspire, empower, and support women through the transformative journey of pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood. Filled with uplifting affirmations and gentle wisdom, this book is a companion for mums-to-be as they embrace the beauty, challenges, and joys of creating new life.

Parenting is something to be done with your baby and not to your baby. Based on Marie's own practice and the latest neuroscientific findings, as well as the latest psychoanalytic and attachment theories, The Book Your Baby Wants You to Read gives parents the tools to understand their baby's communications and suggests effective, practical and enjoyable strategies to enhance the parent-infant bonding experience.

Emotional stark statt emotional überlastet Gerade Mütter tragen oft besonders viel emotionale Last. Sie begleiten Kindergefühle und versuchen gleichzeitig, die belastenden Gefühle aus ihrer eigenen Kindheit zu bewältigen. Sie moderieren die Großelternkonflikte, sorgen für das Familienklima, hören verständnisvoll der Kitaleiterin zu und sind im Job nicht selten das "offene Ohr" für andere oder zuständig für die gute Stimmung.

Greta Eskridge, mom of four and unlikely porn fighter, knows that it's not easy for parents to start a frank conversation about porn. The fear of saying the "wrong" thing or worry about how to answer uncomfortable questions can prevent them from connecting with their kids, but avoidance isn't the solution. In this book, Greta will help parents understand how essential it is to push through the awkwardness and show them how to create a safe space for conversation while tackling the toughest topics with confidence.

Four months postpartum with her second child, Catherine Simone Gray is back at her doctor’s office, surveying a childbirth wound that refuses to mend. Proud flesh: tissue that overheals to become its own wound. Pregnancy and motherhood had been physically vulnerable for Gray, but this renders her most intimate parts unrecognizable—like her body is no longer her own. Has it ever been her own? As she gets to know her body in its new form, she encounters, too, the girl she’d been at seventeen.

With "Mom-Approved Cheats, Hacks, Hints, Tips, And Tricks That Will Make Life Easier" you'll learn how to make your life a little bit easier, and enjoy the process of keeping your home clean, organized and smelling fresh. This book is a must-have for any busy mom looking to simplify her life and make the most of her time.

When Laurel’s fourteen-year-old daughter experiences a life-altering event, her entire world is upended overnight. Faced with her child’s precarious fight to survive and the daunting road of rehabilitation ahead, Laurel discovers fountains of courage and devotion she didn’t know she possessed. Despite the hardships and her own private grief, Laurel tackles each grueling day with positivity, resilience, and humor.

No longer is the climate emergency purely an external threat to our wellbeing: this profoundly political circumstance is deeply personal. The summer after giving birth, Sarah Marie Wiebe and her baby endured the 2021 heat dome in British Columbia, with temperatures over 20 degrees above normal, creating all-time heat records across the province. It was the deadliest weather event in Canadian history. The extreme heat landed Wiebe in the hospital, dehydrated and separated from her nursing baby from dawn until dusk. So began a year of mothering through heat, fires and floods.

Fooling My Fertility & Expecting at 50 details Kia’s decades long journey, through navigating bad medical reports of fibroids, ovarian cysts, diminished ovarian reserve, endometriosis, some poor choices, heavy expectations, menopause and the labyrinth of all of the systems seemingly standing between women and motherhood to achieve her first dream in life which was always to become a mother. Kia takes on the topics of egg freezing, IVF, donor help, immunology relating to miscarriage, traditional adoption, and embryo adoption in this blueprint read.

"당신 덕분에 눈부시게 행복했습니다." 인생의 선배이자, 든든한 내 편이었던 엄마에게 보내는 고백. 세상에 내 편 하나 있으면 살아지는 게 인생이라는 말이 있다. 이 책에는 세상에서 단 한 사람, 든든한 내 편이던 엄마에 대한 이야기가 담겨있다. 때로 지겹게 싸웠고, 서로 상처를 주기도 했지만 엄마는 세상살이에 지칠 때면 항상 돌아갈 수 있는 곳이었다. 그러던 어느날, 저자는 인생에서 상실을 경험한다. 라디오 작가인 딸의 방송을 듣고 매일 같이 문자로 안부를 묻던 엄마를 떠나보낸 것이다. 아파서 마주하지 못했고, 그 공백에 익숙해지지도 못했던 시간이 7년, 저자는 세상에서 가장 따뜻한 존재였던 엄마와의 기억을 꺼낸다. 그리고 자신과 이 책을 읽는 당신에게 말한다. '용기를 내 다시 꼭 행복해지자고.' 때로 삶이 쓸쓸하게 느껴질 때, 혼자라고 느껴지는 순간, 사랑하는 사람이 그리운 당신에게 이 책이 다정한 위로와 희망으로 다가갈 수 있기를 바란다.

"¿Qué clase de madre abandona a su hijo?" La frase tiene algo de bíblico y podría haberla pronunciado casi cualquiera en cualquier momento de la historia. También ahora, cuando nos replanteamos todos los matices políticos de la maternidad. Estamos programados para entender y perdonar que una mujer se separe de sus hijos por pura supervivencia material, pero una vez subimos un par de peldaños en la escala de necesidades la cosa se vuelve moralmente más brumosa.