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"Mothers aren't supposed to be angry. Still, Minna Dubin was an angry mom: exhausted by hard, thankless full-time parenting work and feeling her career slip away from her, she would find herself screaming at her child or exploding in anger at her husband.Despite the pressure she felt to suffer in silence, Minna chose to talk publicly about her experiences, kicking off an international conversation about a rage that, it turns out, nearly every mother...
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
BIO SMITH 2023
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BIO SMITH 2023
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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction - New Arrivals Shelf
BIO SMITH 2023
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BIO SMITH 2023
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3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
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2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
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2 copies, 6 people are on the wait list.
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“In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels. The book begins with one woman’s personal, particular heartbreak, but its circles widen into a reckoning with contemporary womanhood, traditional gender roles, and the power dynamics that persist even in many progressive homes. With the...
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"This treasure trove for book lovers explores fifteen classic novels with memorable maternal figures, and examines how our cultural notions of motherhood have been shaped by literature. Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had childrenof her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from-and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's...
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From Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier comes an inspiring collection of powerful first-person stories celebrating motherhood, from Fox News personalities and extraordinary moms around America.
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
BIO MCCURDY 2022
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BIO MCCURDY 2022
1 available
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD BIO MCCURDY 2022
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CD BIO MCCURDY 2022
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26 copies, 8 people are on the wait list.
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"Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn't tint hers?”...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
306.8743 ARRIVA 2022
1 available
306.8743 ARRIVA 2022
1 available
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"Two pink lines on a pregnancy test. The primal scream of a woman pushing through her thirty-fifth hour of labor. The moment a still-wet newborn is placed in his mother's open arms after an unexpected c-section. The bottomless love reflected in the eyes of a father seeing his daughter for the first time. The moment a baby latches to her mother's breast. Or the moment that mother decides to switch to formula. Each of these, and so many more, are stories...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.42 ALLEND 2021
1 available
305.42 ALLEND 2021
1 available
Gerlach Community Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.42 ALLEND 2021
1 available
305.42 ALLEND 2021
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.42 ALLEND 2021
1 available
305.42 ALLEND 2021
1 available
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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The author describes her lifelong commitment to feminism in a meditation on what it means to be a woman, discussing progress within the movement in her lifetime, what remains to be done, and how to move forward in the future.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
951.05 CHANG 2003
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951.05 CHANG 2003
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Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
951.05 CHANG 2003
1 available
951.05 CHANG 2003
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A Chinese woman chronicles the struggle of her grandmother, her mother, and herself to survive in a China torn apart by wars, invasions, revolution, and continuing upheaval, from 1907 to the present.
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • A Good Morning America Recommended Book • A LitReactor Best Book of the Year • A BuzzFeed Most Anticipated Book of the Year • A Lit Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year • A Rumpus Most Anticipated Book of the Year • A Bustle Most Anticipated Book of the Month
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10) Bossypants
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Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
792.7028 FEY 2011
1 available
792.7028 FEY 2011
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
792.7028 FEY 2011
1 available
792.7028 FEY 2011
1 available
Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
792.7028 FEY 2011
1 available
792.7028 FEY 2011
1 available
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Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD 792.7028 FEY 2011 UNABRIDGED
1 available
CD 792.7028 FEY 2011 UNABRIDGED
1 available
Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction - Audiobook Shelf
CD 792.7028 FEY 2011 UNABRIDGED
1 available
CD 792.7028 FEY 2011 UNABRIDGED
1 available
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction - Large Print Shelf
LP 792.7028 FEY 2011
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LP 792.7028 FEY 2011
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From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
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Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction
791.7602 WONG 2019
1 available
791.7602 WONG 2019
1 available
Sierra View Library - Adult Nonfiction
791.7602 WONG 2019
1 available
791.7602 WONG 2019
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
791.7602 WONG 2019
1 available
791.7602 WONG 2019
1 available
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"In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so heavily that she became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told the world her remarkably unfiltered thoughts on marriage, sex, Asian culture, working women, and why you never see new mom comics on stage but you sure see plenty of new dads. The sharp insights and humor are even more personal in this completely original collection. She shares the wisdom she's...
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
362.1987 WONG 2019
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362.1987 WONG 2019
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"In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts heartbreaking and funny, Dear Scarlet perfectly captures the quiet desperation of those suffering from PPD and the profound feelings of inadequacy and loss. As Teresa grapples with her fears and anxieties and grasps at potential remedies, coping mechanisms,...
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Delivering inspiration and "parenting comedy at its finest,"* here is one woman's story of ditching her fairytale dreams and falling in love with her unpredictable, chaotic, imperfect life from the author of I Can Fix This
Kristina Kuzmic has made herself a household name, speaking directly to mothers from the trenches of parenthood via her viral videos and social media presence. She is now bringing her message of self-acceptance,...
Kristina Kuzmic has made herself a household name, speaking directly to mothers from the trenches of parenthood via her viral videos and social media presence. She is now bringing her message of self-acceptance,...
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
306.874 LAMB 2019
1 available
306.874 LAMB 2019
1 available
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"A psychologist tasked with removing children from dangerous homes begins to question methodology and her own mothering skills when her son becomes a victim of the opioid crisis. Psychologist and expert witness Sharon Lamb takes children away from their parents. A trained forensic evaluator for child welfare services, she is as qualified as anybody could be to do so. But when her son's struggle with opioid addiction comes to light, she starts to...
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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction
305.4889 AUSTIN 2019
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305.4889 AUSTIN 2019
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"In America, Mother = White. That's what Nefertiti, a single African American woman, discovered when she decided she wanted to adopt a Black baby boy out of the foster care system. Eager to finally join the motherhood ranks, Nefertiti was shocked when people started asking her why she wanted to adopt a 'crack baby' or said that she would never be able to raise a Black son on her own. She realized that American society saw motherhood through a white...
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Downtown Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
814.54 LIPPMA 2020
1 available
814.54 LIPPMA 2020
1 available
South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
814.54 LIPPMA 2020
1 available
814.54 LIPPMA 2020
1 available
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Collects the author's recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, her newspaper career, and her experiences as a novelist.