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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Relates how the author and her husband adopted a six-month-old boy from South Korea and the lessons they had to learn as parents, including how to incorporate aspects of another culture and how to discuss birth parents with their son.
Author
Publisher
Viking Life
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The true story of how a single mother found the strength to transform her life and become the person--and parent--she could admire, revealing the tips and advice that empowered her Kristina Kuzmic has made herself a household name, speaking directly to mothers from the trenches of parenthood via her viral videos and social media presence. She's now bringing her message of self-acceptance, resilience, and joy to book readers. What she has delivered...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The blogger behind One Good Thing by Jillee shares her never-before-told life story alongside the tips and wisdom that have earned her millions of devoted followers. Jill Nystul started her blog, One Good Thing by Jillee, as a means to take steps forward after emerging from rehabilitation from alcohol dependence and battling a slew of equally tough issues that tested her confidence as a wife and mother. Her goal was to pursue her passion and help...
64) Tiger babies strike back: how I was raised by a tiger mom but could not be turned to the dark side
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
ix, 254 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kim Wong Keltner is a Tiger Baby all grown up with a daughter of her own. but is she a Tiger Mother? Heck, no. This book describes--in hilarious, and sometimes heartbreaking, detail--exactly why not. A battle hymn for every non-Tiger offspring of Tiger parents, Tiger Babies Strike Back examines why generations of kids have been made to feel inferior, isolated, suffocated, and humiliated in dogged pursuit of one goal: making their elders look good....
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning journalist Michele Weldon provides a potent antidote to the harried single mom stereotype in this beguiling memoir of raising three sons alone in the face of cancer, an ambitious career, and the shadow of her ex. Untethered from a seemingly idyllic life with a handsome but abusive attorney husband, Weldon relates the challenges and triumphs of the years that followed her divorce as she maneuvers through a complicated life of long daily...
Author
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xi, 218 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A House on Stilts tells the story of one woman's struggle to reclaim wholeness while mothering a son addicted to heroin. America's opioid crisis is a national emergency, a war at home. Within this battle, family members form the first line of defense. Their mission is hellishly risky: opioid overdose now kills more than 100 Americans each day, and that number is growing. Many who die are teens or young adults. In spite of this, no parent expects...
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