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• Crying in H Mart

  a Memoir

  Zauner, Michelle,

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  In Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner reflects on growing up Korean American, grappling with identity and distance from her heritage, and navigating the complexities of her relationship with her mother. After her mother’s terminal cancer diagnosis,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Still Born

  Nettel, Guadalupe, 1973-

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  Two career-driven friends with opposing views on motherhood are pushed apart and then drawn closer when one becomes a mother and the other unexpectedly forms a bond with a child, forcing both to confront the emotional complexities of care,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Operating Instructions

  a Journal of My Son's First Year

  Lamott, Anne

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  In Operating Instructions, Anne Lamott offers a candid, humorous, and deeply moving account of new motherhood as a single parent navigating sobriety, faith, and support networks while learning that joy and grief often grow side by side.

• Mother

  a Cradle to Hold Me

  Angelou, Maya

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  Perfect for Mother’s Day or any occasion honoring maternal bonds, Mother is a heartfelt tribute in which Maya Angelou celebrates a mother’s enduring love, wisdom, and compassion across all stages of life.

• And Now We Have Everything

  on Motherhood Before I Was Ready

  O'Connell, Meaghan,

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  O'Connell is a smart twentysomething who treats her pregnancy like a new project, researching and planning. She envisions a natural birth and a year of wholesome breast feeding. But things do not go as she expects. Life throws curveballs, and after…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Name Is Lucy Barton

  a Novel

  Strout, Elizabeth,

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  Lucy Barton mother, whom she has not spoken to in years, returns to see her after a slow recover from what should have been a simple operation. Gossip about people from Lucy's childhood in Amgash, Illinois, seems to reconnect them, but just below…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Is Mother Dead

  a Novel

  Hjorth, Vigdis,

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  A recently widowed artist, returned to Norway after a long absence, Johanna is preparing for a retrospective of her career. The subject of her work is motherhood, and her paintings have opened a rift between Johanna and her own mother. Soon the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I'm Glad My Mom Died

  McCurdy, Jennette, 1992-

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  A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor including eating disorders, addiction, a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother, and how she retook control…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The School for Good Mothers

  a Novel

  Chan, Jessamine,

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  Set in a near-future America, The School for Good Mothers follows Frida Liu, a Chinese American single mother who loses custody of her toddler after a moment of poor judgment and is sent to a government-run institution where “bad mothers” must prove…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mother

  RedCherries, m. s.,

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  A multimorphic blend of poetry and prose, mother follows an Indigenous woman adopted into a non-Indigenous family as she reconstructs her identity and heritage through the stories of her birth family, exploring themes of adoption, inheritance, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Book of Mother

  a Novel

  Huisman, Violaine, 1979-

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  In The Book of Mother, Violaine reflects on her charismatic and wildly unpredictable mother, Catherine, whose extravagant love shapes a joyful yet chaotic childhood in Paris. When Catherine is hospitalized after personal and emotional collapse, the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ducks, Newburyport

  Ellmann, Lucy, 1956-

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  In Ducks, Newburyport, an Ohio mother’s single sentence stream of consciousness weaves together everyday life and deep anxieties about environmental harm, political chaos, and historical injustice, offering a raw and unflinching portrait of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fifth Season

  Jemisin, N. K.,

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  In The Fifth Season, Essun’s life is shattered in a single day when her husband murders their son and kidnaps their daughter, even as a catastrophic seismic event begins to tear the world apart. As civilization collapses in a society that fears…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Girl, Woman, Other

  Evaristo, Bernardine, 1959-

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  Girl, Woman, Other is a multi-voiced novel that weaves together the diverse lives of Black British women and nonbinary characters to explore identity, history, and connection across race, gender, and generations in contemporary Britain.

• Room

  a Novel

  Donoghue, Emma, 1969-

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  Told through five-year-old Jack’s eyes, Room follows his life in captivity with his kidnapped mother and their tense, courageous attempt to escape their abductor.

• Boulder

  Baltasar, Eva,

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  In Boulder, a woman working on a merchant ship follows her partner to Reykjavík, where an unplanned path toward motherhood strains their relationship and forces her to confront the tension between love, autonomy, and freedom.

• Little Fires Everywhere

  Ng, Celeste,

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  In Little Fires Everywhere, a tightly controlled suburban community is disrupted when an artist and her daughter move in, unsettling one family’s sense of order. As secrets surface and a custody battle divides the town, the story explores…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Snow Child

  a Novel

  Ivey, Eowyn

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  In The Snow Child, a lonely couple in 1920s Alaska builds a snow girl who seems to come to life as a mysterious wild child appears in the woods and becomes part of their family. As they grow attached to her, they must confront the blurred line…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Joy Luck Club

  Tan, Amy

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  In 1949, four Chinese women--drawn together by the shadow of their past--begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club--and forge a relationship that binds them for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beloved

  a Novel

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019,

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  Beloved follows Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman living in post Civil War Ohio, who is haunted by the trauma of her past and the memory of a child who returns in the mysterious figure of Beloved. As Sethe, her family, and her community confront the…Read moreRead more of this annotation