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It is some of the best books for moms, ranging from funny memoirs to inspirational escapes, and everything in between. Each of these selections look at motherhood from a different angle.
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The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
Ayana Mathis
An Oprah`s Book Club Pick in 2013. The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is an epic novel with a mother at its core. Like millions of other Black Americans, Hattie Shepherd moves north during the Great Migration. There, she meets the future father of her children—all 11 of them who, along with one grandchild, form her "12 tribes." Prioritizing grit over tenderness, Hattie's decisions as a mother will certainly lead to thought-provoking discussion.
Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me
Adrienne Brodeur
This page-turner of a memoir is sure to inspire animated conversation. When Adrienne Brodeur was 14, her mother, a larger-than-life cookbook author, woke her up with a confession: She just kissed Brodeur's stepfather's best friend. From then on, Brodeur was her mother's confidant throughout the affair. As she grew older, Brodeur wrestled with the age-old question: Are we destined to become our mothers?
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers
Michelle Obama
Former First Lady Michelle Obama's memoir about her childhood, her marriage to President Barack Obama, and her time in the White House sold over 10 million copies in five months. This version, adapted with young readers in mind, is a great book for mothers and daughters to pore over together. Becoming is a moving account about what it takes to center yourself and your family while you all suddenly occupy the center of the world.
Forget "Having It All"
Amy Westervelt
Journalist Amy Westervelt's book looks at American history through the lens of motherhood and shifting norms around what are expected of women who chose to become mothers. From maternity leave policies to gender-based double standards, mothers in the U.S. today have to deal with hurdles on top of the inherently stressful process of raising a child. In addition to examining how we got here, she charts a path forward, proposing ideas from the past worth reviving and new models we desperately need.
Mom & Me & Mom
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou did not grow up surrounded by her mother's love. Sent away when she was three, the acclaimed poet and writer struggled with feelings of abandonment. Though she reconnected with her mother later on in life, this is the story how two grown women reconstructed their relationship, and how Angelou got her mom back.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
Amy Tan
Like her famous novel The Joy Luck Club, The Bonesetter's Daughter follows a mother-daughter pair in San Francisco. At age 47, Ruth Young finally learns about her mother's past in China, and why LuLing is the incredibly superstitious woman she is today. Turns out there's a family curse—cue suspense music.
Untamed
Glennon Doyle
Glennon Doyle's latest empowering read is specifically written for mothers—or for women looking to reclaim their selfhood and independence, amid so many other responsibilities. By sharing her own journey, the acclaimed author of Love Warrior invites other readers to become attuned to their own inner voices asking for what might be more than this.
And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready
Meaghan O'Connell
Soon after she got engaged, the wrier Meaghan O'Connell discovered she was pregnant. Luckily for us, O'Connell chose to document her life's unexpected detour with fearless honesty and humor. And Now We Have Everything is a must-read for mothers...and anyone who knows one.
In the Country of Women
Susan Straight
In this memoir, Susan Straight celebrates the generations of women ancestors that led to her own daughters coming into the world. Straight turns ancestry into an epic. If DNA kits have inspired you to look into your own past, then In the Country of Women is for you.
The Blue Jay's Dance: A Memoir of Early Motherhood
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdich managed to write acclaimed books like The Round House and The Night Watchmen while raising six children. The Blue Jay's Dance, her first work of nonfiction, is a moving, observant account of the motherhood's many transformations.
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
James McBride
The Color of Water is bestselling author James McBride's ode to his complicated, one-of-a-kind mother, Ruth McBride, a Jewish woman who married a Black minister in 1942 and had eight children with him. She had four more children with her second husband—and all became successful. Ruth, from her resiliency to her remarkable ability to start over, will stay with you.
I Just Want to Pee Alone
This New York Times-bestselling essay collection written by 37 "mommy bloggers" will have you nodding laughing from page one on. Just take a peek at the essay titles: "Insane in the Mom-Brain," "The Divine Secrets of a Domestic Diva," and "A Pinterest-Perfect Mom, I am Not." We're in.
Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate
Before We Were Yours takes a shockingly true chapter from American history, and repackages it into a page-turner. For two decades, the Tennessee Children's Society kidnapped children and adopted them out to families. In this wrenching novel, 12-year-old Rill Foss and her four younger siblings are taken from their family's houseboat, and caught up in the Tennessee Children's Society's unbelievable scheme.
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
Celeste Ng's bestselling novel, now a Hulu show, examines what it means to be a mother. Elena Richardson and Mia Warren, the feuding forces in Little Fires Everywhere, are mothering the best they can–but their approaches are radically different. Their worlds, and philosophies, collide after Elena rents Mia and her daughter an apartment in Shaker Heights, OH.
Evvie Drake Starts Over
Linda Holmes
Give mom the gift of a cozy, Maine-set story of love, redemption...and baseball. Evvie Drake is a widow with a secret: She's not as sad about her husband's death as everyone thinks she is. Then there's Dean Tenney. A star pitcher with a problem: He can't throw a ball anymore, due to a case of the yips. Fleeing New York, Dean finds refuge by renting a room in Evvie's house. Linda Holmes, host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour, peppers the novel's snippy dialogue with pop culture references galore.
Joy Enough
Sarah McColl
Sarah McColl's memoir had us tearing up from the first page on. She writes about her departed mother, Allison, with palpable love, and celebrates their tremendous bond in each sentence. The greatest gift is that McColl could share her mother's wisdom with us, like the following: "To become the kind of woman you want to be...you have to take the kind of actions that woman would take." McColl's grief at her mother's loss is profound, because her love was so monumental.
Anything Is Possible
Elizabeth Strout
A small town comes to life in Anything Is Possible, a collection of nine linked stories about people overcoming hardship through kindness and compassion. Keep this cozy book on your nightstand, and let it lull you to dreams set in a hopeful world like the novel's.
The World According to Fannie Davis: My Mother's Life in the Detroit Numbers
Bridgett M. Davis
With this memoir, Bridgett M. Davis writes a love letter to her mom, Fannie Davis, who started an empire from her dining room table in 1960's Detroit. Fannie rose to prominence in the Detroit numbers, an informal (and illegal) gambling enterprise. It was through gaming the system that Fannie could launch her kids' lives.
I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir
Nadja Spiegelman
Mothers pass on qualities to daughters, who continue the chain with their own daughters. Nadja Spiegelman investigates the pattern of behavior in her own family's women, starting with her mother and grandmother.
Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View"
Ramin Setoodeh
Psst—come closer. Ladies Who Punch, Ramin Setoodeh's tell-all about The View, is teeming with the kind of gossipy revelations you'll want to tell your friends after you're done. Escape the daily responsibilities by diving into this juicy read about the history of the iconic talk show.
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