Relationships and families: advice, topics and issues Books
Three Rivers Press Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Book SynopsisOne of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world—and the bestselling author of such acclaimed books as A History of God, Islam, and Buddha—now gives us a thoughtful, and thought-provoking book that can help us make the world a more compassionate place.Karen Armstrong believes that while compassion is intrinsic in all human beings, each of us needs to work diligently to cultivate and expand our capacity for compassion. Here, she sets out a program that can lead us toward a more compassionate life.The twelve steps Armstrong suggests begin with “Learn About Compassion” and close with “Love Your Enemies.” In between, she takes up “compassion for yourself,” mindfulness, suffering, sympathetic joy, the limits of our knowledge of others, and “concern for everybody.” She suggests concrete ways of enhancing our compassion and putting it into action in our every
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Random House USA Inc Awkward Family Pet Photos
Book SynopsisThe authors of the New York Times bestseller Awkward Family Photos are back with a hilarious tribute to the unbreakable and sometimes uncomfortable bond between people and their pets.There are few things more rewarding than having a pet. They love us unconditionally, shower us with attention, and because of them, we actually live longer. So, what can possibly be awkward about our animal BFFs? Well . . . nothing. In fact, we’re the awkward ones. We adore our pets, but let’s face it—sometimes L-O-V-E makes us go a little overboard. Like giving them middle names, throwing them elaborate birthday parties, and making them a Christmas sweater to match with the rest of the family. Truth is, what they cherish most is our companionship. And maybe that’s the reason we care about them so much—because for such simple pleasures, they allow us to be as awkward as we want.
£14.40
Zondervan You Can Stay Home with Your Kids
Book SynopsisInvesting your life in your family brings you joy, and doing it on a single income doesn’t need to stress you out! Join Erin Odom as she shows you how you can live frugally---and thrive---while you raise your kids at home in You Can Stay Home with Your Kids!
£12.99
HarperChristian Resources Jesus Followers Bible Study Guide plus Streaming
Book SynopsisHow can we ignite faith in the next generation?We are all in a relay race called life. The Baton is Truth that leads to faith in Jesus Christ. Each generation receives the Baton from the previous generation, who runs the race to the best of their ability and is then responsible for passing it smoothly and securely to the next generation. As parents, grandparents, and mentors, we must be intentional as we seek to ignite faith in the next generation by receiving, running with, and relaying the Truth that leads to personal faith in Jesus Christ.Join Anne Graham Lotz and Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright for this five-session study as they demonstrate a family Bible study discussion, plus four ways to ignite faith in the next generation, centered around your Witness, Worship, Walk, and Work. Intentionally following Jesus in these aspects of your daily life will make you more effective as you seek to ignite faith in the next generation.This stud
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HarperChristian Resources Ill Be There But Ill Be Wearing Sweatpants
Book SynopsisThe perfect sister to the long-awaited book, I''ll Be There (But I''ll Be Wearing Sweatpants) from Sister, I Am With You founders, Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston—this official workbook addresses the value of authentic friendships and helps you develop them.Many women today feel trapped in an epidemic of loneliness. But it shouldn''t feel like this...and it doesn''t have to! You can stand beside those who encourage you, lift you up, see you, and remind you that you aren''t alone in this crazy, messy, rollercoaster life (and you can do the same for others).This workbook provides the practical steps on how to get there. Inside these pages, you''ll apply the thirteen most common obstacles to true connection and discover actionable steps to solve each one.With hilariously relatable vulnerability, Amy Weatherly and Jess Johnston offer an-easy-to-follow road map to reach the kind of lasting friendships we all desperately need.
£14.24
HarperChristian Resources Single Dating Engaged Married Study Guide with
Book SynopsisIn this six-session video Bible study, pastor and bestselling author Ben Stuart examines all of the purposes that God has established for every relational stage we go through---whether single, dating, engaged, or married.
£35.09
Zondervan Youre the Best Dad
Book SynopsisA fantastic gift for Father’s Day, You’re the Best Dad! is a great keepsake with fun activities for kids to enjoy and Dad to treasure at any point in the year.
£8.54
Zondervan Youre the Best Mom
Book SynopsisA fantastic gift for Mother’s Day, You’re the Best Mom! is a great keepsake with fun activities for kids to enjoy and Mom to treasure at any point in the year.
£8.54
Zondervan Only Love Today Signature Edition
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£14.99
Zondervan Introverted Mom
Book SynopsisFor any mother who has ever wondered if her personality clashes with her role, Introverted Mom by author Jamie C. Martin offers vulnerable stories, faith-filled encouragement, and insightful practices to help you fully appreciate your introverted nature and celebrate the gifts and strengths you bring to your family.
£999.99
Zondervan Love or Work
Book SynopsisIs it possible to pursue your dreams, stay in love, and raise great kids? In Love or Work, popular podcast hosts and founders of Plywood People Jeff and André Shinabarger share proven research, insightful practices, and stories from 100 working couples in this new vision for the modern, working, and purpose-fueled family.
£18.04
Zondervan Love Talk Starters
Book SynopsisLove Talk Starters is the perfect tool for better understanding each other. Each page offers creative, surprising, fun, and deep questions designed to engage couples in the romance-building conversations every thriving marriage needs. Every couple wants to connect through meaningful conversations, yet when you finally find time to talk, it''s often hard to know where to start. In this helpful little book, bestselling authors and respected marriage coaches Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott present 275 intriguing questions to kickstart meaningful conversations that will inspire strong and intimate connection in your relationship.Whether engaged, newlywed, or long-committed couples the closeness husbands and wives seek starts with inspiring dialogue - for date nights, special occasions, or any time you need to find your way back to each other.Designed to sharpen your love talk as a couple, and help you discover more about yourself, your partner,
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Zondervan Live Love Now
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Zondervan Praying the Scriptures for Your Children 20th
Book SynopsisAn inspiring guide to help parents pray effectively for their children, with encouraging true stories and powerful Scripture-based prayer prompts. This expanded edition of the bestseller features updated content on issues like technology and identity, and comes with new material designed to invite children into the family prayer circle.
£17.99
Zondervan Building a Family of Faith
Book SynopsisWhether your family has been doing devotions for years or this is your first time introducing them, Building a Family of Faith--recently featured on GMA3--is just what you need to help your family connect with one another, grow in faith, and learn how physical activity can influence your relationships and your faith.Who better to guide you than Andy Dooley--a passionate leader, pastor, social media influencer, fitness professional, and father of four who has worked with families for more than eighteen years through sports, fitness, and ministry.In this family-friendly devotional, he will help you simplify yet enhance your family''s quality time with devotions that children of all ages will enjoy and learn from. As you read through this devotional each week, your family will . . . Engage in meaningful conversations through the powerful stories and guided questions about God''s Word Enjoy physical activities to get your familyTrade ReviewAndy Dooley has found a creative and engaging way to restore the value of family time that is centered around God's Word and making it relatable, fun, and engaging. I'm excited to use this book to help my family grow, as well as help the families I serve! Kevin L. Nickerson, founder of GameBreakers Academy, NFL chaplain for the Los Angeles RamsFar too many parents know they are supposed to be investing in their family's discipleship but feel like it's more of a duty than a joy. Andy Dooley stands in the gap to make real engagement with God's Word both practical and fun. The authenticity and passion I've observed in him as a father comes through in his efforts as an author. Read this book with those you love most--you will not regret it. Brian McCormack, lead pastor, Reach Church, Kirkland, WashingtonI have known Andy Dooley personally for more than six years now and can attest to the fact that he truly embodies the three foundational pillars that he is so passionate about sharing with the world: faith, family, and fitness. I love the simplicity of his approach, from powerful faith-based lessons to direct calls to action to bring the family closer together! Chris Powell, host of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition
£999.99
Zondervan Parenting
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Zondervan Faith Forward Family Devotional
Book SynopsisDo you need a devotional to help connect your family? With 100 devotionals, Faith Forward Family Devotional by authors Patrick and Ruth Schwenk equips parents to raise faith-filled kids who know, love, and live for God.Somewhere between diapers and sippy cups, piano lessons and soccer practice, dating and college searches, even the most well-intentioned family can lose sight of creating a God-centered home. As parents of four, pastor Patrick Schwenk and his wife, Ruth, of The Better Mom blog, understand the challenges--and importance--of raising faith-filled kids. Patrick and Ruth help you pass on your faith with devotions you can do at your own pace as a family. Each devotion features a Bible passage, a teaching that''s applicable for kids of any age, key ideas to learn about God and His character, questions to spark family discussion, and a prayer. Faith Forward Family Devotional is aimed primarily
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Zondervan Niv Holy Bible Compact Paperback Military Camo
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£10.70
HarperChristian Resources Friends Study Guide Encouraging Each Other The
Book SynopsisIn this four-session, video-based Bible study, The Daniel Plan team explores both the spiritual and health benefits of following a healthy lifestyle by focusing on the fifth and final essential of The Daniel Plan: FRIENDS.
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Harperchristian Resources Friends Video Study
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Griffin Publishing INTIMACY TRUSTING ONESELF AND THE OTHER
Book SynopsisIntimacy is a quality that can often be missing in today's more rootless society. In this guide Osho takes the reader step by step through what makes people afraid of intimacy, how to encounter those fears and go beyond them, and what they can do to nourish themselves and their relationships.
£10.99
Griffin Publishing Joint Custody with a Jerk Raising a Child with an
Book SynopsisOffers many proven communication techniques that can help divorced parents with a difficult ex-husband or ex-wife. By describing examples of common problems and offering tools to examine your role in these sticky situations, this book teaches strategies for effective mediation that are easy to apply, sensible, timely, and innovative.
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Little Brown and Company Lifeform
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Back Bay Books Like Family
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£999.99
Little Brown and Company An Almost Perfect Christmas
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£20.00
Voracious The Mom Life
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£22.10
Little, Brown & Company The Day That Went Missing A Familys Story
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£21.60
Little Brown and Company A Carnival of Snackery
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£25.60
Random House USA Inc Your Inner Eve
Book SynopsisIn the refreshingly candid Oh God!, the Reverend Dr. Susan Newman-a United Church of Christ minister and senior adviser for religious affairs to the mayor of Washington, D.C.-showed African American women of faith how to reconcile their spiritual and sexual selves. Now, in this empowering new book, written with her accessible blend of comforting straight talk and down-to-earth humor, Dr. Newman encourages you to discover your “Inner Eve”-the “original you” that embodies the feminine expression of God’s Spirit. This Inner Eve is the keeper of self-esteem, intuition, and creative nature. She is your best self, your champion, your protector. She is not afraid, she is not ashamed; she is strong and vital to your well-being.As Dr. Newman reveals, negative feelings such as emptiness, self-doubt, and self-hatred can be overcome by nurturing and strengthening your Inner Eve. An awakened Inner Eve inspires women to take action, improve their lives, and find
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Random House USA Inc You Were Always Moms Favorite
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTELLERConversations between sisters reveal a deep and constant tug between two dynamics—an impulse toward closeness and an impulse toward competition. It takes just a word from your sister to start you laughing, or to summon up a past you both share. But it also takes just a word to send you into an emotional tailspin. For many women, a sister is both a devoted friend and a fierce rival.Wise and witty, You Were Always Mom’s Favorite! will leave you with a profound new understanding of the unique and precious sister bond, as well as provide practical advice that will open up communication, dispel tensions, and make a vital connection even stronger, deeper, and more resilient.
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Random House Publishing Group Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Twins
Book SynopsisFrom one of the nation’s most trusted experts on children’s bedtime and nap time comes a new guide for sleep-training twins so that everybody (including Mom and Dad) will be rested and happy!As parents of twins and multiples know, double the fun can be double the sleep deprivation. Now, in Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Twins, beloved pediatrician and renowned sleep authority Dr. Marc Weissbluth combines specialized advice for parents of twins with his tried-and-true sleep-training methods to show exhausted moms and dads how to get their babies to sleep on their own, stay asleep, and sleep regularly. This essential step-by-step guide to establishing good sleep patterns reveals how to build healthy habits in twins’ natural slumber cycles, including• how healthy sleep differs from “junk” sleep, plus a helpful tutorial on the techniques of sleep training for new parents • the five ingredients of healthy sleep, and why dayti
£999.99
Random House Publishing Group Reading People
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Your eyes will be opened as mine have been by these tips from America’s leading people-readers.”—Chris MatthewsHow can you “hear between the lines” to detect a lie? When is intuition the best guide to making important decisions? What are the tell-tale signs of romantic attraction? Jo-Ellan Dimitrius—America’s leading behavioral expert—shows us how to spot the critical clues to a person’s integrity, work habits, and sexual interests, and to interpret these signs with accuracy and precision. In this phenomenal guide—now revised and updated—Dimitrius shows us how to read a person like a book. By decoding the hidden messages in appearance, tone of voice, facial expression, and personal habits, she applies the secrets of her extraordinary courtroom success to the everyday situations we all face at work, at home, and in relationships.
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Random House USA Inc Mwf Seeking Bff My Yearlong Search for a New Best
Book SynopsisWhen Rachel Bertsche first moves to Chicago, she’s thrilled to finally share a zip code, let alone an apartment, with her boyfriend. But shortly after getting married, Bertsche realizes that her new life is missing one thing: friends. Sure, she has plenty of BFFs—in New York and San Francisco and Boston and Washington, D.C. Still, in her adopted hometown, there’s no one to call at the last minute for girl talk over brunch or a reality-TV marathon over a bottle of wine. Taking matters into her own hands, Bertsche develops a plan: She’ll go on fifty-two friend-dates, one per week for a year, in hopes of meeting her new Best Friend Forever.In her thought-provoking, uproarious memoir, Bertsche blends the story of her girl-dates (whom she meets everywhere from improv class to friend rental websites) with the latest social research to examine how difficult—and hilariously awkward—it is to make new friends as an adult. In a time when women will happ
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Random House USA Inc Sht My Kids Ruined
Book SynopsisA pictorial tribute to the filthy, distasteful, gross, and painful moments of parenthood, and the children who make it all possible. Kids: they are the light of your life—and the enemy of all things fragile, intact, and clean. But why cry over spilt milk . . . or paint . . . or the entire contents of a full-size swimming pool? A testament to the messiness of childhood (and parenting), and a memorial to the household items that perished along the way, here are never-before-seen photos and outrageous stories of VCRs jammed with toys, toilets clogged with clothes, and furniture accented with permanent marker. Torn-up computer keyboards and torn-out hair, botched family photos and mustard-covered treadmills—nothing is off limits to your darling, destructive offspring. So raise a broken glass and embrace the madness, because laughter is the only surefire way to keep your sh*t together.
£12.60
Random House USA Inc French Twist
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Ecco Press How to Be Loved A Memoir of Lifesaving Friendship
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£13.59
Harper The Perfect Other
Book Synopsis“Shines a light on the stigma surrounding mental health and schizophrenia. This deeply personal memoir will give readers greater empathy and understanding in supporting those who are oftentimes misunderstood.” —Sheryl SandbergAs a child, all Kait Leddy had ever wanted was a little sister. When Kyleigh was born, she and Kait were inseparable; Kait would protect her, include her, cuddle, and comfort her. To Kyleigh, her big sister was her whole world.But as Kait entered adolescence, her personality changed. She began lashing out emotionally and physically and sometimes lost touch with reality, behavior that worsened after a traumatic head injury. The family struggled to keep this terrifying, often violent, side of Kait private—at school and in her social life, she was still the gorgeous, effervescent life of the party. Powerless to help, Kyleigh watched in horror as her perfect sibling’s world began to collapse and Kait was diagnosed with schizophrenia.Then, in January 2014, twenty-two-year-old Kait disappeared. Though her body was never found, security footage showed her walking to the peak of Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Bridge, where it is presumed that she jumped. In this extraordinary memoir— a story of hope, grief, mental illness, and enduring love—a grieving Kyleigh reflects on her sister and their life together, honoring their bond and searching for answers and a way to find meaning in this devastating loss.
£999.99
Mariner Books Home Baked
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MCD Bones Worth Breaking
Book SynopsisBones Worth Breaking is a portrait of the unbreakable bond between brothers and a reckoning with the global forces that shaped them.Nobody around David Martinez saw how quickly he was breaking apart except for his younger brother, Mike. They stood out in Idaho: mixed-race in a Mormon community that, in the years before David's birth, considered Black people ineligible for salvation. The Martinez brothers were raised to be good boys, definitely not to get high, skateboard all night, or get arrested, all of which they did with zeal. Then their paths diverged. David went on a two-year mission trip to Brazil like his father before him, and Mike stayed in the States, finding himself in and out of prison. When David returned, in the middle of the still-unnamed opioid epidemic, things had irrevocably changed, and in 2021, Mike unexpectedly died in prison.Martinez writes with a serrated edge, as viscerally felt as an exposed nerve, and transforms from a stoic boy constantly seeking escape to a vulnerable man eager to contextualize the legacies and losses that have shaped his life. With a wild, ragged velocityflipping and soaring like a pro skaterMartinez defies a linear telling of his life and tackles topics from abuse and racism to writing and capturing the meaning of the specific nostalgia of saudade.Bones Worth Breaking is a portrait of the unbreakable bond between brothers who were robbed of the chance to grow old together, and a reckoning with the brutal global forces that let so many poor young men of color fall perilously through the cracks.
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Random House USA Inc Qualification A Graphic Memoir in Twelve Steps
Book SynopsisFrom the author of My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down, a new graphic memoir brimming with black humor, which explores the ultimate irony: the author's addiction to 12-Step programs.“Say what you mean, but don’t say it mean.” —12-Step aphorismDavid Heatley had an unquestionably troubled and eccentric childhood: father a sexually repressed alcoholic, mother an overworked compulsive overeater. Then David's parents enter the world of 12-step programs and find a sense of support and community. It seems to help. David, meanwhile, grows up struggling with his own troublesome sexual urges and seeking some way to make sense of it all. Eventually he starts attending meetings too. Alcoholics Anonymous. Overeaters Anonymous. Debtors Anonymous. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous. More and more meetings. Meetings for issues he doesn't have.With stark, sharply drawn art and unflinching honesty, David Heatley explores the strange and touching relationshi
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Random House USA Inc Love Opens Hearts
Book SynopsisFor Liz Mohn, Love Opens Hearts is both a description of her life experiences and a cautionary tale. On the eve of a new millennium shaped by internationalization and globalization, Mohn asks a simple question: “Can humankind survive without love?” To find the answer, she invites us to examine frightening trends in our society--the loss of direction, the lack of consideration, the increase in egoism and loneliness, and even the disappearance of love. Then Mohn makes her plea for our most extraordinary, yet most basic, human capacity--the capacity to love. Love imparts vision and insight. Love reaches out and consoles while respecting personal boundaries. Love knows nothing of selfishness and has no needs of its own. Love not only opens the heart of the individual, but it can also open the heart of humanity.Mohn is president and founder of the Stiftung Deutsche Schlaganfallhilfe (German Foundation for Stroke Victims) and established the international c
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Random House USA Inc The Death of Santini
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ??A brilliant storyteller, a master of sarcasm, and a hallucinatory stylist whose obsession with the impress of the past on the present binds him to Southern literary tradition.??The Boston Globe Pat Conroy?s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused brought even more attention, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroy?s life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his son?s honor. The Death of Santini is a heart-wrenching act of reckoning whose ultimate conclusion is that love can soften even the meanest of men, lending significance to the oft-quoted line from Pat?s novel The Prince of Tides: ?In families there are no crimes beyond forgiveness.? Praise for The Death of Santini ?A painful, lyrical, addictive read that [Pat Conroy?s] fans won?t want to miss.??People ?Conroy?s conviction pulls you fleetly through the book, as does the potency of his bond with his family, no matter their sins.??The New York Times Book Review ?Vital, large-hearted and often raucously funny.??The Washington Post ?Conroy writes athletically and beautifully, slicing through painful memories like a point guard splitting the defense.??Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc The Death of Santini The Story of a Father and
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A painful, lyrical, addictive read” (People) by the cherished author of The Great Santini that brings his extraordinary career full circle Pat Conroy’s great success as a writer has always been intimately linked with the exploration of his family history. As the oldest of seven children who were dragged from military base to military base across the South, Pat bore witness to the often cruel and violent behavior of his father, Marine Corps fighter pilot Donald Patrick Conroy. While the publication of The Great Santini brought Pat much acclaim, the rift it caused brought even more attention, fracturing an already battered family. But as Pat tenderly chronicles here, even the oldest of wounds can heal. In the final years of Don Conroy’s life, the Santini unexpectedly refocused his ire to defend his son’s honor. The Death of Santini is a heart-wren
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Random House USA Inc Remedies for Sorrow
Book SynopsisThis compulsively readable memoir...brings to light an issue that has been too long ignored...An immensely important book (Emily Oster, New York Times bestselling author of Expecting Better and Cribsheet).A story of a mother’s fierce love for her exceptional child and her courageous journey to break the silence about a hidden risk to pregnant women: both a beautiful family story and an urgent call to action… [A] moving, potentially life-altering book (Robert Kolker, author of #1 New York Times bestseller Hidden Valley Road).After a seemingly uneventful pregnancy, Megan Nix’s second daughter, Anna, was born very small and profoundly deaf. Megan and her husband, Luke, learned that Anna could have lifelong delays due to an infection from a virus they had never heard of: cytomegalovirus, or CMV, which Megan had unwittingly contracted from her toddler during pregnancy.Megan was electrified by this knowledge
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Random House Canada Every Family Has a Story
Book SynopsisWhy do some families thrive in adversity while others fragment? How can families weather difficult transitions together? Why do our families so often exasperate us? And how can even small changes greatly improve our relationships?In Every Family Has a Story, bestselling psychotherapist Julia Samuel turns from her acclaimed work with individuals to draw on her sessions with a wide varietyof families, across multiple generations. Through eight beautifully told and insightful case studies, she analyzes a range of common issues, from loss to leaving home, and from separation to step-relationships, and shows how much is, in fact, inherited—and how much can be healed when it is faced together. Exploring the relationships that both touch us most and hurt us most, including the often under-appreciated impact of grandparents and siblings, and incorporating the latest academic research, she offers wisdom that is applicable to us all. Her twelve touchstones for family
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Random House Canada The ExBoyfriend Yard Sale
Book SynopsisIn this hilarious and heartfelt memoir, Haley McGee sets out to calculate—with mathematical precision—the exact cost of love, and whether all of her former relationships were worth it.Haley McGee is in debt. The solution? A yard sale of gifts from her ex-boyfriends. But when it comes to pricing, she gets stuck. Surely the ways we invest in our romantic relationships should be reflected in the price. But how? Is the mixtape from your first love worth more than the vintage typewriter from a philanderer? Does sitting on an X-Acto knife wedged between seats on a bus to see the boyfriend you lost your virginity to increase or decrease the value of the necklace he gave you? Should you be compensated for the miserable times or do they render an item worthless? Haley decides to gamble on a larger payout. She interviews her exes and enlists the help of a mathematician to create a formula—with eighty-six variables—for the cost of l
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Random House USA Inc The Brightening Glance Imagination and Childhood
Book SynopsisIn this remarkable book, Ellen Handler Spitz shows how to promote children’s creative and emotional growth by making the most of the unlimited possibilities of everyday experiences.Through delightful anecdotes about real children and their treasures, bedrooms, play spaces, music, scary things, and birthday parties, The Brightening Glance will inspire you to create a life of wonder, inventiveness, and cultural enrichment for your child.
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WW Norton & Co Avalanche A Love Story
Book SynopsisAn intensely personal narrative of loss, hope, and longing for a child.Trade Review"It is one of the first intelligent, personal accounts of the daily business of IVF, and as such will surely be a useful (albeit rather demoralising) resource for other women. She describes the grueling rounds of injections, blood tests and scans, and the bloating and physical depletion that result. However, it’s a book that rightly has wider ambitions, because these insistent, lengthy attempts to become pregnant raise more elemental questions about what it means to desire a child." -- The Guardian"With searing intelligence and unflinching emotional clarity, Julia Leigh lays bare the exacting nature of desire. Avalanche is consummately ravishing." -- Tracy K. Smith, author of Ordinary Light"An astonishing and unfliching personal account of an IVF journey--fiece, touching and redemptive." -- Jane Campion"Julia Leigh writes beautifully and honestly and has a rare gift for bringing the reading along as if a trusted friend. Her stories of love and loss, friendship and sorrow make Avalanche entirely relatable." -- Amy Richard, author of Opting In: Having a Child Without Losing Yourself"Leigh's a star and this account of IVF has all her brilliant luminosity." -- Chloe Hooper, author of and The Engagement"Deeply personal, insightful and raw—Julia Leigh's story of her desire for a baby is beautifully told. I didn't want to put this brave book down for a second." -- Sofie Laguna, author of The Eye of the Sheep
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