Parenting

Anchored by Love: A Family’s Journey through Obstacles, Success, and Reunion

Anchored by Love by Marie-Claire Moriah Wright and David Saccoh Wright is a heartwarming multigenerational family saga. The book explores the lives of Asher and Charlotte Kingsley and their children as they grow through life’s milestones. The story begins with Asher and Charlotte’s teenage years. Asher Kingsley, a confident and…

Natalia KavaleAugust 11, 2025

Listicles

Stories that Evoke the Nuance, Fear and Tenderness of Motherhood

When I had my daughter in 2014, it felt impossible to find literature that took motherhood both seriously and tenderly. I could find medical guides or how-to books on sleep training and funny quips about the exhaustion of early motherhood, but all of these books felt very far from the…

Amanda Parrish MorganOctober 20, 2022

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

Better Self Nonfiction

Anxious About Your Child’s Distance-Learning Education? This Handbook Will Help.

One of the more surprising reveals of the pandemic lockdown has been watching movie stars and other celebrities going a little crazy trying to figure out full-time parenting. While I admit to a little schadenfreude over seeing people who never had to lift a finger suddenly be plunged into child…

JeriAnn GellerOctober 20, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

Taking the Road Trip of a Lifetime with Asher and Stacey

Riding shotgun alongside Stacey Cohen-Maitre and her son, Asher, in her memoir Asher and Stacey’s Magnificent Road Trip, readers are treated to the coastal California drive of a lifetime. It’s an incredible journey, rich with tender anecdotes and truly touching moments. Before we unravel the ups and downs of their West Coast quest…

Gabby TorrentiOctober 26, 2020

Podcasts

Beyond the Heart Podcast: What is Advanced Parenting?

“Beyond the Heart” is a brand-new podcast hosted by renowned Cardiologist, Women’s Health Advocate and Author, Dr. Nieca Goldberg. Weekly, she explores essential conversations with doctors, thought leaders, health practitioners and game-changers to help you redefine how to view your body and the healing process. This groundbreaking conversation series is a…

BookTribApril 25, 2023

Listicles Nonfiction

5 Essential Books To Prepare Your Child for School and Beyond

Do you want your child to be excited about learning, prepared for the future, and eager to go to school? Rather than worrying about grades or giving kids more homework, it's best to take a step back and reevaluate what your child needs to be open and engaged with their…

BookTribMarch 3, 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

Author Spotlight Author Spotlight - Featured Children's Books Fiction

Children and Parents Practice Self-Love and Discovery in “Tarra: Mission to Earth”

Post-pandemic, many parents have found their children struggling to acclimate to their back-to-school environment — and for good reason. For two years, most children were in at-home school environments with screens, parents and teachers co-teaching and infrequent social interaction. Going back to a classroom may be refreshing for some children,…

BookTribSeptember 19, 2022

Thrillers

Baby Teeth Proves It’s Dangerous to Play Favorites

If you are in need of a blood chilling thriller to make your heart pound, Baby Teeth (St. Martin's Press) is for you! It is clear that author Zoje Stage mastered everything dark and suspenseful when she created Hanna, a seven year old, and the only child of Suzette and Alex.…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 13, 2018

Miscellany

Fatherhood Is In the Eye Of the Beholder

You can’t pick your father; you just arrive into this world and hope for the best. My father was not someone to be revered, but he was the head of my childhood household. He fought with my mother and sent me and my two siblings to an orphanage on Staten…

A.M. GrotticelliJune 18, 2021

Miscellany

5 Best Word Games for Vacation Family Fun

My family is a Scrabble family. Every holiday or vacation, we bust out our board, extra trays, and our battered Scrabble dictionaries. We know how to stack words like pros, we have strange rules we’ve adapted over the years, and at least one person uses all of their letters per…

Rachel CarterAugust 17, 2015

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

A Mother’s Quest to Heal Her Son Leads to Miracles, Wisdom and Breakthrough Healing Methodology

Life Is How You Tell Your Story: A Mother’s Quest to Heal Her Son (Gatekeeper Press) by Yamina Kiochu Salomon is an inspiring true story of love, loyalty and letting nothing sway you from your path. Love isn’t, and shouldn’t be assumed, easy. The best relationships blossom when both parties…

Judy MorenoJanuary 13, 2022

Nonfiction

BookTrib Exclusive: ‘All the Glittering Prizes’ by Pia de Jong

BookTrib.com is happy to welcome Pia de Jong, prize-winning Dutch literary novelist and newspaper columnist. Pia moved to Princeton, NJ in 2012 from Amsterdam. Her memoir, Saving Charlotte: A Mother and the Power of Intuition, is her first book in English. We hope you will find Pia's stories as delightfully charming…

Pia de JongJanuary 29, 2018