Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Roz Chast

#1New York TimesBestseller2014 National Book Award FinalistWinner of the inaugural 2014 Kirkus Prize in nonfictionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardWinner of the...

Chlorine Gardens

Keiler Roberts

Dealing with pregnancy, child-rearing, art-making, mental illness, and an MS diagnosis, the parts ofChlorine Gardens’ sum sound heavy, but Keiler Roberts’ gift is the...

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

*Most Anticipated Reads of 2019 Selection by Publishers Weekly, BuzzFeed, The Rumpus, Lit Hub, The Week, and Elle.com* Fifteen brilliant writers explore what we...

Dans le ventre

Des histoires d'accouchement, il y en a des belles et des terribles. Onze femmes et un homme mettent en récit ce passage marquant qui...

Like a Mother

Angela Garbes

A candid, feminist, and personal deep dive into the science and culture of pregnancy and motherhoodLike most first-time mothers, Angela Garbes was filled with...

Body Full of Stars

Molly Caro May

"In this honest memoir, May recounts how she came to feel connected with her body again. It's a moving work for new moms about...

Lettres à sa fille 1916-1953

Colette

«Vingt ans après la mort de ma tante, Colette de Jouvenel, unique enfant de Colette et de mon grand-père Henry de Jouvenel, l'heure me...

Mother Is a Verb

Sarah Knott

In Mother Is a Verb, a highly original interpretation of mothering, the writer, feminist and historian Sarah Knott weaves a tale that begins with...

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli

"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight . . . Everyone should read this book."--Tommy OrangeFrom the two-time NBCC Finalist, an emotionally resonant,...

Good Talk

Mira Jacob

A bold, wry, and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker’s...

Kid Gloves

Lucy Knisley

If you work hard enough, if you want it enough, if you’re smart and talented and “good enough,” you can do anything.Except get pregnant.Her...

La fête des mères

Amanda Vähämäki

Sur le thème de l'adolescence et ses difficultés, ce récit raconte le quotidien de deux jeunes, qui vivent sur une île isolée, prennent un...

The Best We Could Do

Thi Bui

National bestseller2017 National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Finalist ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring...

Dear Scarlet

Teresa Wong

In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of...

Maman apprivoisée

Geneviève Elverum

Maman apprivoisée, écrit pendant la maladie de l’auteure, est la suite de son premier recueil de poèmes, Maman sauvage, que nous avons publié en...

Little Labors

Rivka Galchen

In this enchanting miscellany, Galchen notes that literature has more dogs than babies (and also more abortions), that the tally of children for many...

Feminism for the 99%

Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser

Named one of Vogue’s “Most Anticipated Books of 2019”This is a manifesto for the 99 percentUnaffordable housing, poverty wages, inadequate healthcare, border policing, climate...

A Is for Advice (The Reassuring Kind)

Ilana Stanger-Ross

Practical, reassuring, and beautifully written, A is for Advice provides a brief and compelling reflection on pregnancy, birth, and the early postpartum period for...

Mother Reader

The intersection of motherhood and creative life is explored in these writings on mothering that turn the spotlight from the child to the mother...