Motherhood

Are you struggling to figure out who you are now that you're a mama?Do you feel like you're coming last in your own life?Do you feel guilty for not loving every moment of this motherhood gig?As someone who used to put themselves last-doing everything she...

** Published in the U.S. as The Self-Driven Child**A hands-off parenting guide to nurture independent thinking and collaboration for happier, smarter and stress-free kids.'Sometimes the most helpful thing we can do as parents is to parent our children a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631529856Author Lene FogelbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint She Writes PressPublisher She Writes PressWeight(grams) 454g

'Hilarious, subversive, sharp without being lethal, and loving without an ounce of sentiment, Shirley Jackson's more-or-less autobiographical account of life as a mother of four and faculty wife (and brilliant writer) is an eternal, comic joy' Amy...

Hope and practical help for parents whose greatest longing is to shepherd their children into a vibrant faith in God.For Christian parents, there is no greater joy than seeing their children learn to walk with the Lord. And there is no greater fear than...

Fully updated to include a new introduction by Lynda Thomas, CEO of Macmillan Cancer Support.'I can't bear not to be with these three most important people in my life. I can't bear not to be there alongside Mark as my children grow up. My bright,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593436073Author Tiffany Durrah-BillingsleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint ZeitgeistPublisher Random House USA Inc

Only Love Today is the inspirational read from best-selling author of Hands Free Mama, Rachel Macy Stafford. Millions of Stafford's fans from her blog and her books find hope, challenge, and inspiration through her poetic and powerful short pieces on her...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 POLARI PRIZE'A magnificent achievement . . . I cannot remember a book where I cried so often. Brave, insightful, unflinching, funny, sad, triumphant . . . everything. And both a warning and a hope for the times to come' STEPHEN...

'Funny and frank' DAWN O'PORTER'Truly brilliant' EMMA GANNONTwo mothers. Two daughters. One school place.Imogen and Lily are old friends - they've shared hangovers, unsuitable boyfriends and wild nights out together. But now they're mums, and their...

'A meditation on race, and class, and grief ... Uplifting, but just wrenching' BARACK OBAMA ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020 AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARD ...

Perfect for fans of Allison Pearson, Dawn French and Sophie Kinsella.'I was hooked from the start on this emotionally intelligent read' Daily MailIsn't it about time we talked about YOU?Sandra has a naughty secret. Harriet has been ditched with her...

The funny and feelgood new novel from Louise Pentland - perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella, Giovanna Fletcher and Lindsey Kelk. 'Gorgeously warm and relatable - I loved being in Robin Wilde's world!' Paige Toon'I'm in love with Robin Wilde and can't...

**NOW WITH AN AFTERWORD AND ADVICE FOR A NEW MOTHER**'A powerful, moving and inspiring story - it opens up a whole new world of understanding.' Esther Freud'This is wonderful. I urge you to read it. It is life enhancing and I defy you not to fall in love...

'Mindful Thoughts for Mothers is the perfect present for mums everywhere. It explores a mother's world, helping the reader to hold a sense of the "bigger picture" while being present in the day-to-day.' - Mental Health Foundation'The opposite of...

A meditation on in vitro fertilization that expands and complicates the stories we tell about pregnancy. Medical interventions become an exercise in patience, desire, and delirium in this intimate account of bodily transformation and disruption. In...

The revelatory, poignant story of Rosemary Kennedy, the eldest and eventually secreted-away Kennedy daughter, and how her life transformed her family, its women especially, and an entire nation."[Larson] succeeds in providing a well-rounded portrait of a...

Embarking on motherhood was a very different affair in the 1950s to what it is today. From how to dress baby (matinee coats and bonnets) to how to administer feeds (strictly four-hourly if following the Truby King method), the childrearing methods of the...

When you're pregnant you think: 'I'm having a baby', not a person who will eventually catch trains by themselves, share a fridge with ten strangers, go to a festival in Croatia without succumbing to a drug overdose, and one day, bring you a gin and tonic...

A hilarious and heart-racing rom com from the bestselling author of THE LIST and ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMASPhoebe and Oliver had their happy ending, but now, with a five year old daughter, they are far from the blissful hedonistic lifestyle of when they...

There is a new five-step secret to an automatic 'switch off' for your baby's crying.Dr Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by all parents - how to calm a crying baby in a matter of seconds. A gentle antidote to rigid routines, Baby...

Experts of every kind are queuing up to warn us that lack of sleep, or the wrong kind, will bring down a bewildering array of dire consequences.Heather Darwall-Smith's message in this book is simple: don't panic!Humans are biologically programmed to...

'Addictive' Guardian 'A febrile, urgent tale' Sunday Times 'A sizzling new thriller' New York Times She knows your mind, she possesses your thoughts. What will she take next? 'I think I can help you...' Beth lives by Camden Lock with her...

A 2022 LA Times Book Prize FinalistA darkly funny, soul-rending novel of love in an epoch of collapse-one woman's furious revisiting of family, marriage, work, sex, and motherhood.Since my baby was born, I have been able to laugh and see the funny side...

For readers of Hideous Kinky, Dadland and Bad Blood; the astonishing, beguiling story of Sarah Aspinall's harum scarum childhood, and a love letter to a woman who defied convention to live a life less ordinary. ...

The importance of Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240) for Islamic mysticism lies in the fact that he was a speculative thinker of the highest order, albeit diffuse and difficult to understand. His central doctrine is the unity of all existence. In this...

When your baby dies, you find yourself in a life you never expected. And even though pregnancy and infant loss is common, it's not common to you. Instead, you feel like a stranger in your own body, surrounded by well-meaning people who often don't know...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525652298Author Becky ThompsonFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)Publisher Waterbrook Press (A...

The BRAND NEW wartime saga from the much-loved author of THE TILBURY POPPIES. Perfect for fans of Annie Murray and Donna DouglasWill she sacrifice her dreams to care for her family?Essex, 1959.Keep the family together, that's what her old mum always said...

***Unmissable, hilarious and kind, this is the first novel from Kathryn Wallace, who blogs as I Know, I Need to Stop Talking***"SAM! AVA! Get downstairs, NOW. Have you done your TEETH? HAIR? SHOES? Come on, come on, come on, we're going to be bastarding...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICKINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'I loved this book so much' REESE WITHERSPOON'Suspenseful and deeply felt...raises questions about the reality of the American dream and illuminates stories that often go untold, in life as well as...

Open yourself to the thrill of curiosity in every moment. In this gorgeous full-color book, Mary Lawless Lee shares how her childhood in a small Texas town taught her to look deeper, reach farther, and love harder, whether she's baiting a fishing hook or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486849591Author Ixia PressFormat HardbackPage Count 80Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 220gDimensions(mm)...

Your personality is a gift, not a liability. This book helps you uncover and embrace the hope, laughter, and joy of using your unique gifts to parent your children.Life as a mom is LOUD, but you long for quiet.When the volume of family life clashes with...

Drawing on fifty years of experience caring for children and adults, Dr. Richard Moskowitz examines the risks of vaccines, the persistent denials by manufacturers and doctors, and our current policy regarding them.Weaving together a tapestry of observed...

What was mothering like in the past? When acclaimed historian Sarah Knott became pregnant, she asked herself this question. But accounts of motherhood are hard to find. For centuries, historians have concerned themselves with wars, politics and...

Two Girls. One Chance. When Lizzie's car crashes with her two daughters inside, she faces a terrible choice. And when she recovers from her injuries, she has to deal with the impact of that tragedy as well as the police investigation into it. As Lizzie...

Knowing where your scars come from doesn't make them go away. When Jackie Shannon Hollis marries Bill, a man who does not want children, she joyfully commits to a childless life. But soon after the wedding, she returns to the family ranch in rural Oregon...

'I laughed. I cried. I laughed again' Sinead Moriarty'An enthralling read with . . . so many laughs along the way' Liz Nugent'A funny, poignant and moving read' My WeeklyFrom bestselling Irish writer Anna McPartlin, Waiting for the Miracle is an...

'When a woman gives birth, she may, unwittingly, remember violent things. Ugly things. Unspoken things.'After her twins were born, Jessica Cornwell stopped feeling. Plagued by memories of a traumatic birth, wrestling with ongoing physical pain and the...