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1	Flat Broke with Children: Women in the Age of Welfare Reform more books like this by Ms. Sharon Hays add to wishlist In the spirit of "Nickel and Dimed in America, " this timely book explores theimpact of recent welfare reform on women. see all copies from $6.87! new only from $7.85! \| SVS
2	Because I Love Her more books like this by Andrea N Richesin add to wishlist In this profound and poignant collection of deeply personal essays, 34 authors--all mothers and daughters--reflect on the mother-daughter bond. Includes contributions by Karen Joy Fowler, Jacquelyn Mitchard, Susan Wiggs, and others. Original. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $7.71! \| SVS
3	The Courage to Be a Single Mother: Becoming Whole Again After Divorce more books like this by Sheila Ellison add to wishlist This book provides women with ways to deal with the emotional changes that they must deal with when a difficult marriage comes to an end. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Rattled!: A Memoir more books like this by Christine Coppa add to wishlist The author of the wildly popular Storked! blog chronicles her poignant and surprisingly powerful journey from young Manhattanite to proud owner of a diaper genie when she finds herself single and expecting. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| SVS
5	Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-At-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work more books like this by Carol Fishman Cohen, Vivian Steir Rabin add to wishlist This comprehensive, inspiring, step-by-step guide shows the 6.9 million stay-at-home moms in the U.S. how to return to the workforce successfully. The authors offer a prescriptive program that covers building confidence, assessing career options, updating job skills, and more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.40! \| first editions \| SVS
6	No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me more books like this by Linda Armstrong Kelly, Joni Rodgers add to wishlist From the mother of six-time Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong comes the extraordinary story of the resilience of the human spirit and the remarkable effect of great parenting. In this powerful memoir, Kelly recounts her transformation from a poverty-stricken teen in the Dallas projects to a powerful role model for mothers ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Milk Memos: How Real Moms Learned to Mix Business with Babies - And How You Can, Too more books like this by Cate Colburn-Smith, Andrea Serrette add to wishlist This one-of-a-kind guide to balancing motherhood and work is based on actual journals kept by a group of IBM women during their visits to the company's employee lactation room, in which they offered one another advice and support on juggling work and a newborn. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.60! \| first editions \| SVS
8	In Her Own Sweet Time: Unexpected Adventures in Finding Love, Commitment, and Motherhood more books like this by Rachel Lehmann-Haupt add to wishlist This is a witty, heartfelt memoir about facing the future single - and contemplating every conceivable way to conceive without a man by your side. At 31, freelance journalist Rachel Lehmann-Haupt thought she had everything: the perfect relationship with the perfect man and an independent career that let her travel around the world. All that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless with Kids in America more books like this by Michelle Kennedy add to wishlist At age 24, the author found herself and her three small children living out of the back seat of a car. With humor and honesty, Kennedy describes how a few bad choices and missed chances can push a smart, educated woman across the poverty line--and how she lived by her wits and found the strength she needed to pick up the pieces. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Something Like Beautiful: One Single Mother's Story more books like this by Asha Bandele add to wishlist From the author of "The Prisoner's Wife" comes a poetic, passionate, and powerful memoir about the hard realities of single motherhood. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $12.00! \| SVS
11 view cover	Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair more books like this by Susan Sheehan add to wishlist With the same acute observation, humor, and compassion she brought to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Is There No Place on Earth for Me?. Sheehan tells the story of one family's passage through the child-welfare system. A searing account of poverty, addiction, and abuse which poses inescapable questions about our society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting more books like this by Rene Syler, Karen Moline add to wishlist Proudly imperfect mom and "Early Show" anchor Syler reveals the truth about modern mothering. With humor and warmth, she reassures moms that even if their kids are strangers to homemade cookies, they can emerge as happy and well-adjusted members of society. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Mother's Almanac more books like this by Marguerite Kelly, Elia Parsons add to wishlist A national bestseller for two decades--more than 700,000 copies in print--now completely updated and revised for a whole new generation of mothers. From new findings in personal health--during and after pregnancy--to the concerns of working mothers and the influence of TV on children, this is now, more than ever, the most complete guide to loving ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.11! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Motherhood Manifesto: What America's Moms Want and What to Do about It more books like this by Joan Blades, Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner add to wishlist Women shouldn't be discriminated against simply because they are mothers...but they are! "The Motherhood Manifesto" shares the heartfelt stories of mothers in America who dream of jobs with flexibility and benefits, mothers who can't afford their children's health and childcare expenses, and mothers who, time and time again, are penalized for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us: Prominent Women Discuss the Complex, Humorous, and Ultimately Loving Relationships They Have with Their Mothers more books like this by Patti Davis add to wishlist Compiled by the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, this collection features prominent women discussing the complex, humorous, and ultimately loving relationships they have with their mothers. Contributors include Candice Bergen, Lily Tomlin, and Lorna Luft. see all copies from $3.15! new only from $8.70! \| SVS
16 view cover	Life for Me Ain't Been No Crystal Stair: One Family's Passage Through the Child Welfare System more books like this by Susan Sheehan add to wishlist With the same acute observation, humor, and compassion she brought to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Is There No Place on Earth for Me?. Sheehan tells the story of one family's passage through the child-welfare system. A searing account of poverty, addiction, and abuse which poses inescapable questions about our society. see all copies from $2.67! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	I Didn't Work This Hard Just to Get Married: Successful Single Black Women Speak Out more books like this by Nika C Beamon, Bella DePaulo (Foreword by) add to wishlist Through lively and revealing interviews with women from various walks of life, this account speaks directly to the single black woman's experience, addressing unique challenges such as income discrepancies between genders, the high rate of male incarceration, and the 'Baby Mama Syndrome'. Women discuss the false expectations they face from men, ... see all copies from $6.24! new only from $8.48! \| SVS
18 view cover	The Stay-At-Home Survival Guide: Field-Tested Strategies for Staying Smart, Sane, and Connected While Caring for Your Kids more books like this by Melissa Stanton add to wishlist Melissa Stanton's The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide is an all-encompassing, truth-telling how-to book that addresses the many practical and psychological issues facing stay-at-home moms today. How do you create time for yourself? Is there really time to do it all (feed the kids, keep them busy, clean the house, balance the checkbook, and take a ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.45! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Single by Chance, Mothers by Choice: How Women Are Choosing Parenthood Without Marriage and Creating the New American Family more books like this by Dr. Rosanna Hertz add to wishlist A remarkable number of women today are taking the daunting step of having children outside of marriage. In Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice, Rosanna Hertz offers the first full-scale account of this fast-growing phenomenon, revealing why these middle class women took this unorthodox path and how they have managed to make single parenthood work ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Jennie Gerhardt more books like this by Theodore Dreiser add to wishlist In Dreiser's frank novel of attraction, exploitation, and power, the heroine submits to not one but two wealthy men in an attempt to help her family out of crushing poverty. The novel was extensively altered before publication because of its sexual openness and its criticisms of organized religion. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Getting It Right: How Working Mothers Successfully Take Up the Challenge of Life, Family, and Career more books like this by Laraine T Zappert, PH.D. add to wishlist A commonsense guide for working mothers draws upon two decades of research to discuss the choices women face, the stresses of a career and parenting and how to cope with them, and how to have a satisfying and fulfilling life on every level. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Daddy Shift: How Stay-At-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting Are Transforming the American Family more books like this by Jeremy Adam Smith add to wishlist The Daddy Shift is an accessible, personal, and deeply researched book about a growing phenomenon among American families: fathers who stay at home from work and take a larger role in raising children. What happens when dads stay home? And what does it mean for the larger society?In chapters that alternate between large-scale analysis and ... see all copies from $7.57! new only from $7.57! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	A Sane Women's Guide to Raising a Large Family more books like this by Mary Ostyn add to wishlist "A Sane Woman's Guide To Raising a Large Family" is written from the practical, experienced perspective of a mother of ten and has thoughtful, helpful answers to important questions, such as: can a mother meet the needs of multiple children without drowning in sheer neediness; how can a moderate income stretch to include more children; how can you ... see all copies from $8.35! new only from $11.30! \| SVS
24 view cover	Be Happy or I'll Scream!: My Deranged Quest for the Perfect Husband, Family, and Life more books like this by Sheri Lynch add to wishlist The co-host of morning radio's syndicated "Bob & Sheri" and author of "Hello, My Name Is Mommy," Lynch hilariously takes on the ultimate battleground: husband, hearth, and home with two young kids underfoot. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	An Unexpected Joy: The Gift of Parenting a Challenging Child more books like this by Mary Sharp, MD add to wishlist Author Mary Sharp candidly shares her defeats and her victories in parenting a son who has autism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS

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