Memoirs (Momoirs?) for Mother’s Day
Today is Mother's Day. There are lots of books, both fiction and non-fiction featuring mothers. Here's a list of good mothers in literature from the Chicago Tribune. Meanwhile Publishers' Weekly has created a list of bad mothers. The books on this list are written by mothers themselves–women who have learned too late that babies do not come with instruction manuals.
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Area Woman Blows Gasket: Tales from the Domestic Frontier by Patricia Pearson
Pearson writes about trying (and failing) to have it all as a working mother.
Operating Instructions: a Journal of My Son's First Year by Anne Lamotte
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Writer Lamotte records the highs and lows of life with a new baby.
Say it Again in a Nice Voice: a Memoir of Imperfect Motherhood by Meg Mason
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New Zealand author Mason writes about her attempts to remain sane after having a baby.
When Did I Get Like This?: the Screamer, the Worrier, the Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget Buyer, and Other Moms I Swore I Would Never Be by Amy Wilson
Actor-blogger Wilson describes herself as a "former perfectionist". In this collection of short essays she shares the pleasures and perils of motherhood.
Wiped!: Life with a Pint-Sized Dictator by Rebecca Eckler
Toronto writer Eckler discovers that motherhood is not what she expected and sets out to tell the truth about paren'ting a newborn.
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Momagraphy? Mommagram? thanks for this!