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Losing the plot / by Owusu, Derek,author.;
Driven by a deep-seated desire to understand his mother's life before he was born, Derek Owusu offers a powerful imagining of her journey. As she moves from Ghana to the UK and navigates parenthood in a strange and often lonely environment, the effects of her displacement are felt across generations. 'Losing the Plot' pieces together the immigrant experience and explores how the stories we share and tell ourselves are just as vital as the ones we don't. From the author of 'That Reminds Me' (a Dewey Diva pick). A Dewey Diva Pick.#diversity.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Black people; Ghanaians; Mother and child; Mothers and sons; Emigration and immigration;
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One day I'll grow up and be a beautiful woman : a mother's story / by Maxwell, Abi,author.;
"A fiery, heartbreaking, riveting memoir that follows one New Hampshire family over the course of three years, unspooling a story of gender identity, poverty, trans youth, and a child caught in the riptide of America's culture wars. Abi Maxwell grew up in rural New Hampshire, one of eight children in a poor town abutting the wealthier lakeside village of Gilford. As a young couple, Maxwell and her husband planned not to have children, but when Maxwell became pregnant, she knew she wanted to raise her child near the mountains and lake of her youth. When her six-year-old asks to wear pink sneakers, asks to be a witch for Halloween, asks to wear a girls' dance costume, Abi worries about how their small community will react. But when that child changes her name, grows her hair long, and announces that she is girl, a firestorm descends on the family. Weaving together the story of her own childhood, marked by long afternoons skiing the mountains, a cottage on the lake, a proud gay brother, but also by hunger, neglect, and bullying that pushed her brother to the brink, Abi Maxwell contends with the rural America where she was raised and, years later, where she is now raising her child, as lawmakers push to erase the very existence of trans youths. Intimate and stirring, this book is essential reading for this moment in our history"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Gender identity; Mothers; Parents of transgender children; Transgender children;
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Soup day / by Iwai, Melissa.;
A mother and child spend a snowy day together buying and preparing vegetables, assembling ingredients, and playing while their big pot of soup bubbles on the stove.LSC
Subjects: Soups; Cooking (Vegetables); Mother and child;
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Mama's kisses / by McMullan, Kate.; Nyeu, Tao.;
"A mother panda bear, elephant, leopard and orangutan follow their rambunctious little ones through the jungle as they try to corral them for bedtime"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Bedtime; Jungle animals; Mother and child;
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It. goes. so. fast. : the year of no do-overs / by Kelly, Mary Louise,author.;
"The time for do-overs is over. Ever since she became a parent, Mary Louise Kelly has said "next year." Next year will be the year she makes it to her son James's soccer games (which are on weekdays at 4 p.m., right when she is on the air on NPR's All Things Considered, talking to millions of listeners). Drive carpool for her son Alexander? Not if she wants to do that story about Ukraine and interview the secretary of state. Like millions of parents who wrestle with raising children while pursuing a career, she has never been cavalier about these decisions. The bargain she has always made with herself is this: this time I'll get on the plane, and next year I'll find a way to be there for the mom stuff. Well, James and Alexander are now seventeen and fifteen, and a realization has overtaken Mary Louise: her older son will be leaving soon for college. There used to be years to make good on her promises; now, there are months, weeks, minutes. And with the devastating death of her beloved father as well as a surprising turn in her marriage, Mary Louise is facing act three of her life head-on. Mary Louise is coming to grips with the reality every parent faces. Childhood has a definite expiration date. You have only so many years with your kids before they leave your house to build their own lives. It's what every parent is supposed to want, what they raise their children to do. But it is bittersweet. Mary Louise is also dealing with the realities of having aging parents, and that marriages change. This pivotal time brings with it the enormous questions of what you did right and what you did wrong. This chronicle of her eldest child's final year at home, of losing her father, as well as other curve balls thrown at her, is not a definitive answer--not for herself and certainly not for any other parent. But her questions, her issues, will resonate with every parent. And, yes, especially with mothers, who are judged more harshly by society and, more important, judge themselves more harshly. What would she do if she had to decide all over again? Mary Louise's thoughts as she faces the coming year will speak to anyone who has ever cared about a child, a parent or a spouse. It. Goes. So. Fast. is honest, funny, poignant, revelatory, and immensely relatable"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Kelly, Mary Louise.; Motherhood; Mothers and sons; Women journalists; Working mothers;
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Captive : a mother's crusade to save her daughter from a terrifying cult / by Oxenberg, Catherine,1961-author.; Stoynoff, Natasha,author.;
In this heartbreaking and shocking expose, one of Dynasty's biggest stars lays bare a secretive organization that is holding her daughter hostage and details her mission to save her in this powerful depiction of a mother's love and determination. "I am a mother whose child is being abused and exploited. And I am not alone." In 2011, Catherine joined her daughter, India, at a leadership seminar for a new organization called NXIVM. Her twenty-year-old daughter was on the threshold of building a new company and they both thought this program might help her achieve her dream. But quickly, Catherine saw a sinister side to what appeared to be a self-help organization designed to help its clients become the best versions of themselves. Catherine watched in horror as her daughter fell further and further down the rabbit hole, becoming brainwashed by the organization's charismatic leader. Despite Catherine's best efforts, India was drawn deeper into the cult, eventually joining a secret, elite "sorority" of women members who are ordered to maintain a restricted diet, recruit other women as "slaves," and are branded with their leader's initials. In Captive, Catherine shares every parent's worst nightmare, and the lengths that a mother will go to save her child. Featuring interviews with past members of NXIVM and experts in the field of cults, Oxenberg attempts to draw back the curtain on how these groups continue to lure in members. She relates her continuing journey to try to reach her daughter, to save her from what she believes is a dangerous, mind-controlling cult.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Oxenberg, Catherine, 1961-; Mothers and daughters; Cults.; Brainwashing.;
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Room : a novel / by Donoghue, Emma,1969-;
Jack and Ma live in a locked room that measures eleven foot by eleven, where she has been kept a prisoner for seven years. When Jack turns five, he starts to ask questions, and his mother tells him about the world outside. Told entirely in Jack's voice, this story is a celebration of resilience and the love between parent and child.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Boys; Escapes; Kidnapping; Mother and child; Psychopaths;
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My mommies built a treehouse / by Peter, Gareth.; Evans, Izzy.;
A boy and his mothers build a treehouse fit for a prince.
Subjects: Picture books.; Stories in rhyme.; Tree houses; Families; Mother and child; Gay parents; Lesbian mothers; Tree houses;
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I love you the purplest / by Joosse, Barbara M.; Whyte, Mary.;
Two boys discover that their mother loves them equally but in different ways.LSC
Subjects: Fishing stories.; Mothers and sons; Brothers; Love, Maternal;
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Five little ducks / by Kubler, Annie,1960-; Dellow, Sarah.;
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Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Ducks; Mother and child; Counting books.; Children's songs;
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