Motherhood

Real Me
As Good as I Could Be
by Susan Cheever
What the baby books forgot to mention was the devastating effect of too much love. By the time my daughter was two years old, Me was worn and tattered from being caressed, his once gleaming fur had been fondled to a dull, tufted fabric, his button eyes

Introduction
Amy's Answering Machine
by Amy Borkowsky
A lot of people who are driven to the point of insanity report hearing voices — voices commanding them to stalk, maim, or even kill. Then there are people like you and me.

Neither Here nor There
Mommy Wars
by Leslie Morgan Steiner
Some of us working moms find ourselves caught in a gray zone between work and home. We are working but have scaled back our ambitions. Our employers, our colleagues, even our husbands, may not comprehend what we've given up in order to have more time

Baby Love
My Girl: Adventures with a Teen in Training
by Karen Stabiner
In My Girl, Karen Stabiner tells the story of one girl's journey into adolescence, and of her own efforts to find a way to guide her daughter through life's real thickets-not the imaginary, inflamed ones we hear so much about.

Third Trimester
Love Works Like This: Travels Through a Pregnant Year
by Lauren Slater, Ph.D.
'Is even the most clenched heart capable of it?' Lauren Slater asks about love, in this original and illuminating book about how we discover what love truly is. Slater charts her own personal journey about having a child.

Moms, Take Heart

From 'queen bees' to 'gamma girls' to the 'odd girl out,' adolescent girls are all over the news. But whether a girl is popular or struggling to fit in, outgoing or reserved, her mother worries about how she is coping with her new, often scary, teenage

Move Over, Mrs. Cleaver!
Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth About the First Year of Mommyhood
by Jenny McCarthy
In Baby Laughs Jenny McCarthy examines, with riotous candor, the full range of challenges that new mothers face, including: The humiliations of postnatal 'numbing spray,' Tucks medicated pads, and adult diapers; bleeding 'udders,' jelly belly, balding

A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships
Mother Nurture
by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Jan Hanson, M.S., L.Ac., Ricki Pollycove, M.D., M.H.S.
Mothers today juggle more tasks, work longer hours, and sleep less than their own mothers did. Yet the self-healing revolution has overlooked the most significant issue in the lives of some twenty million women: how to cope with the relentless, sometimes

There Goes My Baby
It's Her Wedding But I'll Cry If I Want To: A Survival Guide for the Mother of the Bride
by Leslie Milk
Oh, my God, she's engaged! You shouldn't really be shocked by the news. She may not live at home or even in her hometown, but you've seen the signs. First his name started cropping up in conversations. Then she was starting sentences with 'Tim thinks'

Right before the devastation
72 Hour Hold
by Bebe Moore Campbell
Right before the devastation, I had a good day. God should have pulled my coattail then and there: “Enjoy this while you can, honey, because Satan beat me in a poker game last night, and he's claiming you and yours sometime soon.”

Mothers and Daughters: The Bond That Wounds, the Bond That Heals
Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health
by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
The mother-daughter relationship is at the headwaters of every woman's health. Our bodies and our beliefs about them were formed in the soil of our mothers' emotions, beliefs, and behaviors.

Welcome to the Idea Zone
The Family Manager's Everyday Survival Guide
by Kathy Peel
In the 'Seven Days a Week' section of this book, you'll find ideas for daily organization-from morning till night. In the 'House Works' section, you'll find dozens of ways to make and maintain your home as a place in which people like to live.

It's About Time: New Times, New Talk
Venus in Blue Jeans: Why Mothers and Daughters Need to Talk About Sex
by Nathalie Bartle, Ed.D., Susan Abel Lieberman, Ph.D.
When my children were old enough to entrust with a house key, they sometimes arrived home from school before I returned from work. At least one day a week, though, I would try to be there when they rushed through the front door, hoping they'd share some

Introduction
Mother of My Mother: The Intimate Bond Between Generations
by Hope Edelman
My grandmother lived in a town called Mount Vernon, and for most of my early childhood I thought that meant George Washington had once been her neighbor. There was a legitimate old-world feel to her street: gabled roofs, imposing oak trees, trellises, gaz

Breast Is Best! Breast-feeding for Success
The New Mom's Manual : Over 800 Tips and Advice from Hundreds of Moms for Baby's First Year
by Mary Jeanne Menna
Experts agree that breast milk is the best source of nutrition for baby, providing just the right amounts of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, as well as critical enzymes and antibodies that promote immunities to fight disease in your baby.

Introduction
Surviving Ophelia: Mothers Share Their Wisdom in Navigating the Tumultuous Teenage Years
by Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D.
There are no pictures of me cuddling Ellen to my heart for the first time in the delivery room, but it doesn't matter. Every detail is clear in my mind: her perfect, round face, the fuzz of soft gold hair crowning the very top of her head, and her dazed d

You're on Your Way
The Working Mother's Guide to Life: Strategies, Secrets, and Solutions
by Linda Mason
Different Approaches to Working Motherhood. Petronila, my friend in rural western Kenya, sits in the shade under a small tree in a congested and lively marketplace in a small hillside village. It is hot and dry.

Into Adolescent Territory
Ophelia's Mom : Loving and Letting Go of Your Adolescent Daughter
by Nina Shandler, Ed.D.
I hand her the keys and sit on the passenger side of the car. I think of her in the stroller, on the tricycle, in the bumper cars at the fair, and I see her now, ready to drive my car. She turns the key and I think of her playing with my keys before she

Work
Liz Lange's Maternity Style: How to Look Fabulous During the Most Fashion-Challenged Time
by Liz Lange
pregnancy style. To some this idea seems baffling, but to me it's always made perfect sense. Pregnant women are beautiful, and pregnancy is undoubtedly one of the happiest, sexiest, and most exciting times in a woman's life. In my mind, a pregnant woman

Afterword to the Anchor Edition
Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood
by Naomi Wolf
The book you have read is the frankest possible account I could write about the struggles-as well as the joys-of adjusting to pregnancy and new motherhood. Misconceptions ends with the birth of my first baby, and an epilogue describes the birth of