Mothering


Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids
Matrescence: On the Metamorphosis of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood
Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Can Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans
Nightbitch
A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother
Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother
The Whole-Brain Child: Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution
The Happiest Baby on the Block: The New Way to Calm Crying and Help Your Newborn Baby Sleep Longer
M Is for Mama: A Rebellion Against Mediocre Motherhood
Little Labors
The Montessori Toddler: A Parent's Guide to Raising a Curious and Responsible Human Being
No-Drama Discipline: The Whole-Brain Way to Calm the Chaos and Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneRoom by Emma DonoghueGrowth by Karen DeBonisThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Novels about Motherhood
391 books — 197 voters
Wild Egg by Jennifer FlintDr Daniel Siegel Collection 3 Books Set by Dr Daniel SiegelRegretting Motherhood by Orna DonathAll Joy and No Fun by Jennifer SeniorThe Parenthood Decision by Beverly Engel M.F.C.C.
Childfree / Fencesitter List
6 books — 3 voters

The Brave Art of Motherhood by Rachel Marie  MartinStrong As a Mother by Kate RopeBelly Laughs by Jenny McCarthyThe Second Nine Months by Vicki GlembockiOperating Instructions by Anne Lamott
Motherhood
264 books — 221 voters
Maternal Hope by Camille SeigleThe Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey KarpPregnant Woman's Comfort Book by Jennifer LoudenHow to Heal a Bad Birth by Melissa J BruijnThe Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel
Postpartum Support (PMAD and more)
29 books — 7 voters

In Search of the Sun by Leza LowitzDear Diary Boy by Kumiko MakiharaIntercultural Families and Schooling in Japan by Melodie Cook
Parenting in Japan
3 books — 1 voter
Never Let You Go by Sabrina DevonshireWorth the Fall by Claudia ConnorLaw Man by Kristen AshleySweet Dreams by Kristen AshleyMotorcycle Man by Kristen Ashley
Love and Motherhood: Romance Novels
39 books — 51 voters

Beth Moore
You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children.
Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

Angela Garbes
When you become a mother, you engender life, endless possibilities. Mothering is creative in a very literal sense—it is cultivating all that potential, bringing a small person into consciousness.
Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

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