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Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman Publisher Comments The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover 
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Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering: A Doctor's Guide to Natural Childbirth and Gentle Early Parenting Choices by Sarah Buckley Publisher Comments An authoritative guide to natural childbirth and postpartum parenting options from an MD who home-birthed her own four children. Sarah Buckley might be called a third-wave natural birth advocate. A doctor and a mother, she approaches the question of how... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from Storycorps by Dave Isay Publisher Comments andquot;[Mom] bursts with stories that are unvarnished, sad, funny, wise, and most of all, very real.andquot; -Chicago Tribune (Editor's Choice) Featuring StoryCorps' most revealing stories on the subject, Mom looks across a diversity of experience to... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Making Babies: Stumbling Into Motherhood by Anne Enright Publisher Comments Anne Enright is one of the most acclaimed novelists of her generation. The Gathering won the 2007 Man Booker Prize, and her follow-up novel, The Forgotten Waltz, garnered universal praise for her luminous language and deep insight into relationships. Now,... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Mom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps by Dave Isay Publisher Comments What I want to say to you is that sometimes life catches you by surprise and you feel unequipped to handle what it brings you, but every bit of life you've lived before that moment equips you to live through it. That's what I would give to you. &mdash... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution by Adrienne Rich Publisher Comments The experience is her own--as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother--but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere. She draws on personal materials, history, research, and literature to create a document of... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua Publisher Comments After igniting a firestorm of debate across the nation, Amy Chua's daring, conversation-changing memoir is now in paperback. At once provocative and laugh-out-loud funny, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother set off a global parenting debate with its story of... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Momfulness: Mothering with Mindfulness, Compassion, and Grace by Denise Roy Publisher Comments Denise Roy combines the hard-won wisdom of a parent with the insights of meditation to create a spiritual practice that goes to the heart of everyday life: mothering with mindfulness. Through anecdotes, reflections, and specific practices, this book... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dear Daughter: The Best of the Dear Leta Letters by Heather Armstrong Publisher Comments A mothers love is unconditional: There are quiet snuggles, off-key sing-alongs, un-controllable belly laughs, and daily miracles that only a parent can understand. Heather Armstrong first wrote to her daughter when Leta was just eight weeks old... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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This I Believe: On Motherhood by Dan Gediman Publisher Comments Praise For This I Believe: On Motherhood "It is a one-of-a-kind connection. The mother-child bond is not necessarily a product of the birth process. It is a product of love and caring, time and commitment, patience and teaching, enjoying the good times... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Double Time: How I Survived - And Mostly Thrived - Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins by Jane Roper Publisher Comments What do you do when you find out youre pregnant - times two?! When Jane Roper found out she was pregnant with twins, she searched high and low for a memoir of the first years with multiples, but came up empty-handed. Four years later, she wrote the book... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Momma Zen: Walking the Crooked Path of Motherhood by Karen Maezen Miller Publisher Comments Combining humor, honesty, and plainspoken advice, Momma Zen distills the doubts and frustrations of parenting into vignettes of Zen wisdom. Drawing on her experience as a first-time mother, and on her years of Zen meditation and study, Miller explores... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Child Is Born 4TH Edition Revised & Updated by Lennart Nilsson Publisher Comments This completely revised edition of the beloved international classic is now entirely in color, with historic, never-before-seen photos in every chapter and an entirely new text.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Girlfriends' Guide to Surviving the First Year of Motherhood by Vicki Iovine Staff Pick Tired of all the parenting books with simplistic solutions and misleading information about how demanding the first year really is? Then this book is for you. The author is not a doctor or an expert — instead, she writes from her own experience as a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mother-Daughter Project: How Mothers and Daughters Can Band Together, Beat the Odds, and Thrive Through Adolescence by Suellen Hamkins Publisher Comments Ten years ago, SuEllen Hamkins, MD, and Renée Schultz, MA, created the Mother- Daughter Project with other women in their community, hoping to strengthen their bonds with their then seven-year-old girls. The group met regularly to speak... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios by Lisa Bedford Publisher Comments Everything You Need to Know to Keep Your Family Safe and Secure—No Matter What Undaunted by the prospect of TEOTWAWKI (The End of the World as We Know It), Lisa Bedford tackles every what-if and worst-case scenario head-on, offering practical advice... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Myths of Motherhood: How Culture Reinvents the Good Mother by Shari L Thurer Publisher Comments This groundbreaking and irreverent history of motherhood is worth a hundred advice books for any mother who’s ever been made to feel guilty or frazzled by society’s impossible expectations. Analyzing data from the psychoanalyst’s couch... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace by Ayelet Waldman Publisher Comments In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, the Bad, and the Scary by Jill Smokler Publisher Comments Confessions of a Scary Mommy is a collection of original essays that take an irreverent look at the underbelly of parenting — things most moms would never admit, but feel every day. Brutally honest and hysterically funny, Confessions will leave you... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Hardcover
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Confessions of a Coffee Group Dropout: Navigating New Motherhood by Eleanor Black Publisher Comments A candid, engaging, irreverent take on the struggle to come to terms with life as a new parent Motherhood, for a first-timer, can be an overwhelming and even frightening experience, but admitting this doesn't seem to be something that's ever done... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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