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Brown White Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
Nishta J. Mehra · Picador Pages: 224 Format: Hardcover
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Intimate and honest essays on motherhood, marriage, love, and acceptanceBrown, White, Black is a portrait of Nishta J. Mehra's family: her wife, who is white; her adopted son, who is black; and their experiences dealing with America's rigid ideas of race, gender, and sexuality. Her clear-eyed... |
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Ready, Set . . . Baby!
Elizabeth Rusch · HMH Books for Young Readers Pages: 32 Format: Hardcover
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Big kids Anna and Oliver give young readers the inside scoop on what to expect when a new baby is expected. In a fresh picture book/comic style, Ready, Set . . . Baby offers up a funny, loving, reassuring peek into life as a big brother or sister - with solid information, kid-friendly humor,... |
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Maternal Bodies: Redefining Motherhood in Early America
Nora Doyle · The University of North Carolina Press Pages: 272 Format: Hardcover
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In the second half of the eighteenth century, motherhood came to be viewed as women's most important social role, and the figure of the good mother was celebrated as a moral force in American society. Nora Doyle shows that depictions of motherhood in American culture began to define... |
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I've Got Sand In All the Wrong Places
Lisa Scottoline · St. Martin's Press Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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Lisa and Francesca are back with another collection of warm and witty stories that will strike a chord with every woman. This six book series is among the best reviewed humor books published today and has been compared to the late greats, Erma Bombeck and Nora Ephron. Delia Ephron said... |
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Living with Schizophrenia: A Family Guide to Making a Difference
Jeffrey Rado · Johns Hopkins University Press Pages: 136 Format: Print book
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An estimated 51 million people worldwide have schizophrenia, 2.2 million of them in the United States. While early diagnosis and appropriate treatment improve the long-term prognosis, schizophrenia is a disease that is difficult to manage. In Living with Schizophrenia, Drs. Jeffrey Rado... |
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Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Maryanne Bruni · Woodbine House Pages: 290 Format: Print book
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The popular book, Fine Motor Skills for Children with Down Syndrome is now available in a completely revised third edition. The author, an occupational therapist and parent of an adult with Down syndrome, describes how the characteristics of Down syndrome can impact the acquisition and progression... |
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The Happiest Kids in the World: A Stress-Free Approach to Parenting-the Dutch Way
RINA MAE ACOSTA · EXPERIMENT LLC Pages: 272 Format: Print book
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The secret to raising the happiest kids in the world? Whatever it is, it's somewhere in the Netherlands . . . Would parents rather their children be successful or happy? Kids in the US face lots of pressure to excel - often at the expense of happiness. But does it have to be this way? Not in the Netherlands!... |
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Raising a Self-Reliant Child: A Back-to-Basics Parenting Plan from Birth to Age 6
Dr. Alanna Levine · Ten Speed Press Format: Print book
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With this practical guide parents can end daily power struggles with their preschoolers toddlers and infants and create more time for the family to spend on things that matter by encouraging early childhood independence skills Wersquove all heard the news about helicopter parents and boomerang... |
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Ketchup Is a Vegetable: And Other Lies Moms Tell Themselves
Robin O'Bryant · St. Martin's Press Pages: 234 Format: Paperback
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If you don't have anything nice to say about motherhood, then ... read this book. Robin O'Bryant offers a no holds barred look at the day to day life of being a mother to three, running a household and the everyday monotony of parenting. It's not always pretty but it's... |
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