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Operating Instructions (05 Edition) by Anne Lamott Publisher Comments "I woke up with a start at 4:00 one morning and realized that I was very, very pregnant." So begins novelist Aniie Lamott's journal of the birth of her son, Sam, and their first year together. She must face complicated circumstances of heroic proportions.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamott Publisher Comments Its not like shes the only woman to ever have a baby. At thirty-five. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in her now-classic account of how she and her son and numerous friends and neighbors and some strangers survived and thrived in that all... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Choosing Single Motherhood: The Thinking Woman's Guide by Mikki Morrissette Publisher Comments The comprehensive guide for single women interested in proactively becoming and being a motherincludes the essential tools needed to decide whether to take this step, information on how best to follow through, and insight about answering the childs... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love by Matt Logelin Publisher Comments Matt and Liz Logelin were high school sweethearts. After years of long-distance dating, the pair finally settled together in Los Angeles, and they had it all: a perfect marriage, a gorgeous new home, and a baby girl on the way. Liz's pregnancy was rocky,... (read more) Your price: $13.99 New - Trade Paper
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Positive Discipline for Single Parents: Nurturing Cooperation, Respect, and Joy in Your Single-Parent Family (Positive Discipline Library) by Jane Nelson Publisher Comments A Positive, Proven Approach to Single Parenting! As a single parent in our complex world, you face the challenge of doing alone a job that was meant for two people. In addition, self-doubt and guilt may dampen the joy you experience raising your child... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Holding Her Head High: 12 Single Mothers Who Championed Their Children and Changed History by Janine Turner Publisher Comments Life lessons from single mothers throughout history form the inspiration for single mothers today. Single moms are not just a product of our modern culture. There have been single mothers throughout history, women who have raised not only their children... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Complete Single Mother: Reassuring Answers to Your Most Challenging Concerns by Andrea Engber Publisher Comments - There are more than 9 million single moms in America, raising some 20 million children - A supportive guide suitable for single mothers by choice, chance, divorce, or being widowed - Updated cover and interior content The Complete Single... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms Are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men by Peggy Drexler Publisher Comments Backed by peer-reviewed research, this hotly debated bestseller (San Francisco Chronicle) continues to open eyes with its finding that raising thriving, emotionally healthy sons does not require a man in the house. As the number of single-mom and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On our own :unmarried motherhood in America by Melissa Ludtke Publisher Comments Unmarried motherhood: we debate it, discourage it, even legislate against it, yet it has continued to increase, in a steady rise that epitomizes the enormous changes of the last half-century. In 1950, only four percent of American babies were born to... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Focus on Single-Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future by Annice D. Yarber Publisher Comments Focus on Single-Parent Families: Past, Present, and Future brings together in one volume a range of cutting-edge research articles and essays on what has become the most dynamic change in family structure in U.S. history. It is the only resource to make... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price: $48.77 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Dr Spocks Baby & Child Care 7TH Edition by Benjamin Spock Publisher Comments Generations of parents have relied on Dr. Spock's timeless bestseller. It remains the source book, the most authoritative and reliable guide available. Collaborating with Dr. Steven J. Parker, Dr. Spock has now updated and expanded this reference to... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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The lunch-box chronicles :notes from the parenting underground by Marion Winik Publisher Comments "For me, parenting is like dieting. Every day, I wake up filled with resolve and good intentions, perfection in view, and every day I somehow stray from the path. The difference is with dieting, I usually make it to lunch. . . ." With the open and often... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The New Uprooted: Single Mothers in Urban Life by Elizabeth A. Mulroy Publisher Comments The New Uprooted explores the relationship between the single mother and her social and physical environments. Mulroy examines how demographically diverse single mothers (in terms of race, class, marital status, urban or suburban location, educational... (read more) List Price $38.95 Your price: $34.57 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Accidentally on Purpose: The True Tale of a Happy Single Mother by Mary F. Pols Publisher Comments At thirty-nine, movie critic Mary Pols knew she wanted to have a baby. But never--not in a million years--on her own. To take on the physical, emotional, and financial challenges of motherhood without a perfect soul mate/husband would be absurd, kind of... (read more) Your price: $9.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Kickin' Butt as a Single Parent by Bill Mcleod Synopsis Kickin' Butt As a Single Parent: 99 Tips That Every Single Parent Must Have is guaranteed to empower the reader to better communicate with their children, their ex spouse, find peace, balance and organization in their lives. It will also guide the reader... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Leaving the Distractions of Single Parenthood by Tracy Michelle Synopsis Tracy Michelle wrote this book because she wanted to be a voice for single parents everywhere on how her Christian faith has allowed her to stay in Godas will and maintain a life in the world. She struggled with lust, pride, bad attitude, self-esteem... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Teach Yourself Single Parenting (Teach Yourself: Parenting) by Suzie Hayman Publisher Comments Useful advice for single mothers and fathers Teach Yourself Single Parenting gives you pointers on how to deal with the day-to-day realities, how to find a support network, and how to socialize with other single parents.... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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Growing Up With a Single Parent : What Hurts (94 Edition) by Sara Mclanahan Publisher Comments Nonwhite and white, rich and poor, born to an unwed mother or weathering divorce, over half of all children in the current generation will live in a single-parent family--and these children simply will not fare as well as their peers who live with both... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Parenting on Your Own by Lynda Hunter Publisher Comments In Parenting on Your Own, Dr. Lynda Hunter combines her personal insights and experiences with those of hundreds of single parents across the country to offer this first-of-its-kind, definitive handbook for single parents.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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My Single Mom Life by Angela Thomas Publisher Comments The day Angela Thomas sold the only thing she had, the diamond from her engagement ring, to take care of her kids was the day she began to believe they were going to make it. In that decision, the faith she had always talked about became the faith she... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $17.74 Google eBooks - Electronic
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