motherhood

The Night Garden Of My Mother by Sandra Tyler

Beautifully Touching and Raw Portrayal of Motherhood, Love and Loss

Few stories shatter my heart as completely as Sandra Tyler’s The Night Garden: Of My Mother — and I absolutely loved it. I couldn’t put this book down. I became so wrapped up in Tyler’s memoir that I found myself crying multiple times, utterly moved by her vivid and heart-wrenching…

Katie BloomerJanuary 29, 2025

Listicles Nonfiction

6 Memoirs About the Unconventional Faces of Motherhood

Motherhood comes in many forms, some less conventional than others. But thankfully, nowadays, more and more mothers are opening up about their unconventional experiences — because there’s bound to be someone out there who could use the helpful reminder that they’re in the same boat. This list of memoirs encapsulates…

Katie BloomerAugust 27, 2024

Nonfiction

Examining Our Culture’s Idealization of Motherhood Through Literary Mothers

“None of the control but all the responsibility. This is the irony underlying woman’s experience.” In any particular novel, the mother is most likely to be one of the least compelling characters. This wasn’t a problem I was cognizant of until The Book of Mothers by Carrie Mullins brought it…

Kelsey HallMay 10, 2024

Audiobooks Nonfiction Recommended

New Audiobook Version of Practical Guide Offers Honest Advice & Tips for New Moms

Congratulations, you’re pregnant … welcome to the new world of being a MOM! You’ve now joined a “private group” of other mothers and they are certainly quick to share, but how honest are they really? How judgmental are moms of each other? “Are you breast-feeding? You’re not? Hmmm.” (side glance)…

Barbara WilkovFebruary 13, 2023

Author Spotlight Fiction Fiction - Featured

Moving Story of Adoption, Parenting and What Makes a Family

Unconventional family stories are fun to read and give us an understanding of unfamiliar situations, allowing for the development of empathy. Eleanor Brown's Any Other Family (Putnam) is about open adoption, siblings and how their adoptive families chose to raise them together as one big family. Although the subject may…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 16, 2022

Fiction Romance Romance - Featured

Blended Family Learns Love and Acceptance

After a series of online dating mishaps and five years after the loss of her husband, Daisy thinks she's finally found the one. But as she settles into her new relationship with Brad, she realizes that everything takes work — not just romance and friendship, but supporting Brad’s children along…

Megan BeauregardJuly 19, 2022

Miscellany

When Life Gets in the Way of a Book Launch

Like a true first-time author, I had publication month all mapped out in my mind. As the date got closer, my anxieties and excitement mounted. The moment I’d been working for years toward was almost here, and nothing was going to get in my way. There would be travel for…

Carly GelsingerOctober 10, 2018

Miscellany

A Recovering Perfectionist Bans the Word Altogether

Since her 2009 diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, Dr. Lisa Doggett has come to realize MS is no excuse to avoid challenges. Instead, it has propelled her to run two marathons, hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, and complete a 168-mile bike ride to raise awareness for MS. She is…

Lisa DoggettSeptember 7, 2018

Nonfiction

Oh, baby, what a shower gift! Honest books for expectant mothers

Crib sheets. Burp cloths. Receiving blankets. Diapers. These are useful items, for sure, but not exactly inspiring on the subject of motherhood. If you’re shopping for a baby shower, consider giving a gift that will provide the expectant mother a bit of comfort and insight as she approaches this major…

Melissa DuclosJuly 14, 2014

Book Club Network Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

The Devastating Loss of a Child Provides One Mother With a Lifetime of Wisdom

“To die will be an awfully big adventure” – James M. Berrie, Peter Pan Searching for Spenser: A Mother's Journey Through Grief (Anamcara Press) by Margaret Kramar opens by telling readers what they can expect to find between its covers; there is no suspenseful moment to the climax, no unforeseen plot…

Kelsey HallOctober 6, 2021

Better Self Business Nonfiction

“Mompreneur” Helps Working Moms Juggle Business and Family Like a Boss

Working mothers have often faced criticism with respect to dividing their attention between their career and their family. (Someone should really close that peanut gallery from which strangers feel so comfortable shouting unsolicited opinions.) “You’re abandoning your children!” seems to be the most popular indictment of working mothers. There’s also…

BookTribMay 14, 2021

Fiction

The Champion of Middle-Aged Mothers Is Back!

Kate Reddy has returned in full force in Allison Pearson’s new novel with St. Martin's Press, How Hard Can It Be? Pearson’s character, Kate, is now older, more mature, a more seasoned character. Pearson’s column, Sandwich Woman, about women in midlife who struggle with their children and their parents as both grow…

Susan Shapiro BarashJuly 19, 2018

Fiction

“That Kind of Mother” Takes on the Challenges of Race and Motherhood

Rebecca Stone desperately needs help with her newborn and Priscilla, a La Leche nurse from the hospital comes to her rescue. Having experience being a mother herself when she was a single, teen mother many years ago, Priscilla leaves her job at the hospital to become the nanny for Rebecca's…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 29, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…

Sandra BlockJuly 26, 2018

Fiction

A Darkly Humorous Tale, Maria Kuznetsova’s “Something Unbelievable” Exceeds Expectations

A book about the struggles of new motherhood in modern-day Manhatten and surviving hostile living situations in the Ural Mountains circa World War II is not what comes to mind when one hears the phrase “laugh-out-loud funny”; however, that is the case for Maria Kuznetsova’s Something Unbelievable (Random House). In…

Madison HillApril 14, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

A Mother Characterized By Her Quotes, Quips and Wisdom

When we think of someone who has shaped our lives, we often find ourselves going back through our memories with them. We find ourselves wishing we could recall the funny stories and words of wisdom they have offered throughout our lives. We never think to write down anecdotes of our…

Kelsey HallSeptember 21, 2022

Beautifully Touching and Raw Portrayal of Motherhood, Love and Loss

6 Memoirs About the Unconventional Faces of Motherhood

New Audiobook Version of Practical Guide Offers Honest Advice & Tips for New Moms

Moving Story of Adoption, Parenting and What Makes a Family

Blended Family Learns Love and Acceptance

When Life Gets in the Way of a Book Launch

A Recovering Perfectionist Bans the Word Altogether

Oh, baby, what a shower gift! Honest books for expectant mothers

The Devastating Loss of a Child Provides One Mother With a Lifetime of Wisdom

“Mompreneur” Helps Working Moms Juggle Business and Family Like a Boss

The Champion of Middle-Aged Mothers Is Back!

“That Kind of Mother” Takes on the Challenges of Race and Motherhood

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

A Darkly Humorous Tale, Maria Kuznetsova’s “Something Unbelievable” Exceeds Expectations

A Mother Characterized By Her Quotes, Quips and Wisdom

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