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Top 10 Books About Mothers & Motherhood |
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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
by Ayana Mathis
Traces the story of Great Migration-era mother Hattie Shepherd, who in spite of poverty and a dysfunctional husband uses love and Southern remedies to raise nine children and prepare them for the realities of a harsh world.
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Room
by Emma Donoghue
A 5-year-old narrates a riveting story about his life growing up in a single room where his mother aims to protect him from the man who has held her prisoner for seven years since she was a teenager.
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
by Kim Edwards
In a tale spanning twenty-five years, a doctor delivers his newborn twin daughter during a snowstorm and, rashly deciding to protect his wife from the baby's affliction with Down Syndrome, turns her over to a nurse, who secretly raises the child.
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The Perfect Mother
by Aimee Molloy
A group of new moms who all gave birth in the month of May gather twice weekly at the park to offer support and companionship before one of the babies is shatteringly abducted, subjecting his traumatized mother to invasive questions and prompting the others to go to increasingly risky lengths to help.
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White Oleander
by Janet Fitch
The struggle to build an authentic identity lies at the heart of Astrid's life as a foster child in Los Angeles after her poet mother, who has kept Astrid isolated from the world, is imprisoned for murder.
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We Never Asked for Wings
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
When her parents return to Mexico, 15-year-old Letty Espinosa is forced to become a parent to her young sister and considers a risky move that jeopardizes their fragile hopes for the future.
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Confessions of a Domestic Failure
by Bunmi Laditan
After leaving her career to become a stay-at-home-mom, Ashley Keller tries to improve her parenting skills by joining a boot camp called “Motherhood Better” run by her idol, the head of a Pinterest-perfect mommy blog empire, to hilariously awkward results.
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Glitter and Glue: A Memoir
by Kelly Corrigan
Presents an account of the author's perspectives on motherhood, which have been shaped by her job as a nanny for a grieving Australian family and her character-testing experiences with her daughters.
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The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir
by Katrina Kenison
The author of Mitten Strings for God invites mothers to rediscover the joys of everyday family life and the challenges of letting go of grown children, in a personal account that describes her older son's departure for college and her memories of shared times in their small New England community.
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