In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts heartbreaking and funny, Dear Scarlet...
Mothers
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Author:Wong, TeresaSummary: - Author:Léger, Isabelle, Poirier, NicoleSummary:
Sophie sautille de joie. Elle a imaginé entrainer sa maman à la plage pour un congé bien mérité. Bien sûr, il faut tout préparer : jeux, parasols, crème solaire ; il faut s'y rendre aussi. Puis, régler de multiples petits problèmes...
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Author:Best, LauraSummary:"Pru Burbidge lives a simple life on the family homestead on Dalhousie Road in 1940s rural Nova Scotia until her father abandons the family and her mother falls ill. Her life is turned upside-down by these events, and she is forced to...
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Author:Mand, JordiSummary:Marion, a working mother with a special-needs child, has discovered a devastating secret: her husband Curtis has been engaging in a torrid love affair with none other than their son's young teacher, Teresa. Armed with love notes between...
- Author:Bassoff, JonSummary:
Holt Davidson, a Kansas firefighter, hasn't been back to his hometown of Thompsonville, Colorado, for more than two decades, but when he learns that his estranged mother has taken her own life, he returns for the funeral, hoping to...
- Author:Carter, KernSummary:
"Coi is just eighteen years old but has already survived years of physical and verbal abuse from her mother. After being kicked out of her mother's house at age fourteen, Coi has lived with her father, and together they'...
- Author:Bazelon, LaraSummary:
Women are trained to metabolize it all, striving for "work-life" balance. It's time for a very different conversation about how work and life are inextricably, intimately intertwined, and the fulfillment it brings.
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Author:Chase, SamanthaSummary:After a failed marriage, focusing on her children instead of her love life was the best thing to do. Now years later, Susannah is content with her life. But when she meets Colton Hale, she decides that she wants to be more than just...
- Author:Straub, EmmaSummary:
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A WASHINGTON POST NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! "In a time when all we want is hope, it’s a beautiful book to reach for." -Jenna Bush Hager “Literary sunshine...
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Author:Sanderson, BrandonSummary:When Alcatraz and Grandpa Smedry make a pilgrimage to the Free Kingdom city of Crystallia, they are shocked to find the city under seige by the Evil Librarians--led by Alcatraz's own mother.
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April is a thoughtful yet sarcastic mother of two who tries her best to be a caring, connected mom in a middle-class culture where motherhood has become relentless. April rages at modern motherhood's impossible pressures, her husband's...
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Author:Ernaux, AnnieSummary:Upon her mother's death from Alzheimer's, Annie Ernaux embarks on a daunting journey back through time, as she seeks to "capture the real woman, the one who existed independently from me, born on the outskirts of a small Normandy town,...
- Author:Kingsbury, KarenSummary:
A collection of amazing and touching stories that celebrates women and shows that miracles are still possible.
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Author:Wynne-Jones, TimSummary:It has been six years since sixteen-year-old Dec's free-spirited mother, Lindy, disappeared. Dec feels so trapped in the present that he has avoided examining his past. But when an intruder dies in the museum-like family home, the man's...
- Author:Joella, EthanSummary:
From the author of A Little Hope--a Read with Jenna Bonus Pick--comes an enormously powerful and life-affirming novel about three individuals whose lives intersect in unforeseen ways. Set in a close-knit Pennsylvania suburb in the grip...
- Author:Irving, JohnSummary:
When he was eleven years old, Owen Meany hit a foul ball that struck and killed the mother of his best pal, Johnny Wheelwright, the story's narrator. Thereafter, Owen believes himself to be an instrument of God. What happens to the...
- Author:Koppelman, AmySummary:
We meet Julie several weeks after her suicide attempt, on the eve of her son's first birthday. Grateful to be alive, Julie tries her best to appreciate every moment. She has, for whatever reason, been given a second chance, but her...
- Author:Noble, ShelleySummary:
New York Times bestselling author Shelley Noble returns to the beach in her latest summer read about the family we create and the wishes we make that can shape us. Zoe Bascombe has never said no to her family. When she blew her...
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Author:Cousins, DaveSummary:Fifteen-year-old Laurence Roach just wants a normal life, but it’s far from easy with his little brother who acts like a dog and their depressed alcoholic mother. If Laurence can win the luxury vacation in a local radio contest, he’s...
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Author:Williams, Vera B.Summary:Three babies are caught up in the air and given loving attention by a father, grandmother, and mother.
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