Motherhood category: 1477 books
Taking the Village Online
Mothers, Motherhood, and Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
The rise of social media has changed how we understand and enact relationships across our lives, including motherhood. The meanings and practices of mothering have been significantly impacted by the availability of communities found via forums, blogs, and sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Conceiving of and representing mothers without their children seems so paradoxical as to be almost impossible. How can we define a mother in the absence of her child? This compelling volume explores these and other questions from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives, examining experiences, representations,...
by Jill M Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
“My plan was simple. I would get married, have kids, and live happily ever after. However, life doesn’t always follow the path we plan for ourselves.” When Jill Murphy became pregnant at the age of seventeen, she was faced with some difficult decisions. Unsure of how to be the mother she knew...
This Is Not How I Thought It Would Be
Remodeling Motherhood to Get the Lives We Want Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
An important look at motherhood and family dynamics in the 21st century?by the national spokesperson of Mothers & More.
Kristin Maschka, past president of Mothers & More, a national organization with more than 140 chapters across the country, shines a spotlight on the complex issues...
by Emily Pardy
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Was that a tugging sensation near my right ovary? Was it more of a tugging or a sharper, jabbing pain? Could that be ovulation? Did I miss the window or calculate incorrectly this month? Or is it implantation? Is the embryo trying to attach itself right at this very moment? Is that even something...
Finding Your Inner Mama
Women Reflect on the Challenges and Rewards of Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Motherhood can be one of the most intense and transformative experiences of a woman's life. While there are many books that offer the "do's and don'ts" of effective parenting, few offer guidance on navigating the tumultuous inner experience of being a mother, with all its joy, pain, change,...
Love and Toil
Motherhood in Outcast London, 1870-1918
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 1993
The feisty warm-hearted "mum" has long figured as a symbol of the working class in Britain, yet working-class history has emphasized male organizations such as clubs, unions, or political parties. Investigating a different dimension of social history, Love and Toil focuses on motherhood...
Maternal Geographies
Mothering In and Out of Place
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019
This collection broaches the intersections of critical motherhood studies and feminist geography. Contributors demonstrate that an important dimension of the social construction of motherhood is how mothering happens in space and place, leading to the articulation of diverse maternal geographies....
Hot Mess Mom
Misadventures of New Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
In this hilarious breastfeeding tell-all, the newly titled reissue of How My Breasts Saved the World, Lisa Wood Shapiro recounts her misadventures of new motherhood from the delivery of her daughter and her rookie days as a food source to the bittersweet end of weaning.
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Listen to Your Mother
What She Said Then, What We're Saying Now
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Irreverent, thought-provoking, hilarious, and edgy: a collection of personal stories celebrating motherhood, featuring #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jenny Lawson and Jennifer Weiner, and many other notable writers.
Listen to Your Mother is a fantastic awakening of why our mothers are...
Like a Mother
A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhood
Like most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with questions when she became pregnant. What exactly is a placenta and how does it function? How does a body go into labor? Why is breast...
Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood
An Eleven-Week Devotional Bible Study
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Learn how God’s imprint on your heart can make a lasting impression on your children.
Being a mom usually means being busy. Really busy. Whether you’re zipping from your children’s piano lessons to their next ballgame or nursing a baby while comforting a toddler, life is brimming with...
Why Motherhood Matters
An Invitation to Purposeful Parenting
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
Mama, Your Work Has Deep Worth Do you ever wonder if your efforts as a mom make any difference? Take heart. Whether you're struggling through sleepless nights with your toddler or endless battles with your teen, September McCarthy's story offers practical insights and powerful inspiration to encourage...
Chaotic Joy
Finding Abundance in the Messiness of Motherhood
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
If you're waiting to live abundantly until the house is tidy, your kids are clean and well behaved, and you have plenty of free time to pursue a glamorous hobby, you may be waiting awhile. However, you don't have to wait for things to settle down to live the good life, because motherhood--with all...