Celebrating Motherhood: A Comforting Companion for Every Expecting Mother

by Andrea Alban Gosline (Editor)

For expectant and new mothers, Celebrating Motherhood is a beautiful companion for every stage of motherhood from anticipation to embrace. This moving compilation of contemporary essays, literary excerpts, ancient wisdom, ritual, and image presents motherhood as a life-transforming adventure to be savored and treasured. As co-author Andrea Gosline writes, "I was moved to compile a book celebrating motherhood because I knew I was not alone in my quest for heightened spiritual awareness as a woman, more peace and knowingness as a parent." With readings by Isabel Allende, Maya Angelou, Thich Nhat Hanh, Marlene Dietrich, Princess Grace of Monaco, Vladimir Nabokov, Adrienne Rich, Amy Tan, Carl Jung, Mother Teresa, E. B. White, Ursula LeGuin, Mary Wollstonecraft, the Dalai Lama, Simone De Beauvoir, and many others, Celebrating Motherhood gathers folklore, birth stories, naming customs, and spiritual guidance for first- or fifth-time mothers. An exquisitely illustrated celebration of life, filled with comfort and joy, this book is an original insight into the sacred journey of motherhood. The perfect gift!

299 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

Andrea Alban (a.k.a. Andrea Gosline) was born in 1959 in Baltimore, MD but spent her childhood reading voraciously in San Francisco, where she still lives with her family. On a weekly basis, she visited the Merced Branch Library and returned home with a pile of books on many different subjects. She received her B.A. cum laude in English/Creative Writing from San Francisco State University.

Andrea self-published her first poetry book at the age of sixa hand-lettered scroll tied with red ribbon. Today, she is mother to Jake and Lily and the author of three picture books: The Happiness Tree (2009 Florida Children's Book Award nominee); Ten Little Wishes, and Januarys Child: The Birthday Month Book. Her forthcoming debut novel, Anyas War, is loosely based on her fathers childhood as one of the Shanghai Jews. (Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan; February 1, 2011)

Andreas inspirational parenting titles include: Little Moments of Peace; Welcoming Ways; and Celebrating Motherhood, a NAPPA Gold Award recipient.

Andrea is a dynamic speaker at schools, museums, libraries and literary festivals throughout the Bay Area and beyond. She serves on the faculty of Book Passage and its annual Childrens Writer Conference and consults privately with writers of all ages to shape, polish and package their manuscripts.

Read Andreas blog at calmandconfidentmoms.blogspot.com. Visit her websites: www.albanbossi.com and www.redroom.com/author/andrea-alban-g...."