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Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel

Taffy Brodesser-Akner - Random House
Format: Hardcover

"Just the sort of thing that Philip Roth or John Updike might have produced in their prime (except, of course, that the author understands women) ." - Elizabeth Gilbert "This is a remarkable...
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An Excellent Choice: Panic and Joy on My Solo Path to Motherhood

Emma Brockes - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From the author of She Left Me The Gun, an explosive and hilarious memoir about the exceptional and life-changing decision to conceive a child on one's own via assisted reproduction When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant,...
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Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racismand How to Do It

Celeste Headlee - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover

In this urgently needed guide, the PBS host, award-winning journalist, and author of We Need to Talk teaches us how to have productive conversations about race, offering insights, advice, and support.A self-described "light-skinned Black Jew," Celeste Headlee has been forced to speak...
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Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong

Steven Petrow - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

Soon after his 50th birthday, Petrow began assembling a list of "things I won't do when I get old" - mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70-something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which included "You won't have to shout at me that...
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Your Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss: Hope and Healing When You're No Longer Expecting

Dr. Kate White M.D. M.P.H. - Mayo Clinic Press
Format: Paperback

In Your Guide to Miscarriage and Pregnancy Loss, Kate White, M.D., OB/GYN, miscarriage survivor, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Boston University School of Medicine and Vice Chair of Academics in the OB/GYN department at Boston Medical Center, combines the latest...
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Group: HowOneTherapistandaCircleof StrangersSavedMyLife

Christie Tate - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees to get psychologically and emotionally naked in a room of six complete strangers - her psychotherapy group - and in turn finds human connection, and herself.Christie...
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How to Raise a Feminist Son: Motherhood, Masculinity, and the Making of My Family

Sonora Jha - Sasquatch Books; Annotated edition
Format: Hardcover

From teaching consent to counteracting problematic messages from the media, well-meaning family, and the culture at large, we have big work to do when it comes to our boys. This empowering book offers much-needed insight and actionable advice. It's also a beautifully written and deeply...
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The Irishman's Daughter

V.S. Alexander - Kensington
Format: Paperback

From the acclaimed author of The Magdalen Girls and The Taster comes a powerful, unforgettable novel of strength and resilience, set against the backdrop of the Irish famine. Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige,...
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There's No Such Thing As 'Naughty': The groundbreaking guide for parents with children aged 0-5: THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Kate Silverton - Piatkus
Format: Paperback

'This book is absolutely brilliant! I love that it is about parenting a healthy brain' Dr Guddi Singh, Paediatrician and Health CampaignerWant to know the secret to tackling tantrums and tears, stopping squabbles in seconds AND lay the foundations for your child's good mental...
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The Busy Caregiver's Guide to Advanced Alzheimer Disease

Jennifer R. Stelter - Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: Hardcover

Caring for someone living with advanced Alzheimer disease is a challenge. It can make you feel like you're on a hamster wheel -- running in circles, trying the same things over and over with no effect on your loved one. You may also find it difficult to connect with your loved one and to understand...
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