Celebrate Mother's Day with a Great Book

Mother's Day is coming up, and in addition to taking our moms to brunch or dinner (or being taken out by our own children) it's a good time to explore the joys and complexities of motherhood with an engrossing book. The WPL has books that address all kinds of topics related to motherhood, including adoption, balancing family life and career, being a lesbian mom, growing up American with a mom from a different culture, caring for aging moms, working to get your kid the best education possible, surrogacy, and more.

Here are a few books about motherhood and the experiences of individual moms - experiences that may be unique or that you may recognize from your own life. If any of these books interest you, place a hold in the catalog to reserve it or call the Reference Department at (508)-799-1655 ext. 3.

Fiction

The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan

Little Earthquakes, by Jennifer Weiner

The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer

The Accidental Mother, by Rowan Coleman

Come Home, by Lisa Scottoline

Mothers and Daughters, by Rae Meadows

Night Road, by Kristin Hannah

Nonfiction

The New Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-Daughter Relationship, by Paula J. Caplan

Balance is a Crock, Sleep is for the Weak: An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working Motherhood, by Amy Eschliman and Leigh Oshirak

Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood: The Good, the Bad, and the Scary, by Jill Smokler

When Did I Get Like This? : The Screamer, The Worrier, The Dinosaur-Chicken-Nugget-Buyer, and Other Mothers I Swore I'd Never Be, by Amy Wilson

The Price of Motherhood: Why the Most Important Job in the World is Still the Least Valued, by Ann Crittenden

Sh*tty Mom: The Guide for Good-Enough Moms, by Laurie Kilmartin, Karen Moline, Alicia Ybarbo, Mary Ann Zoellner

Memoirs and Biographies

Mom & Me & Mom, by Maya Angelou


Blue Nights, by Joan Didion

Riding Shotgun: Women Write About Their Mothers, edited by Kathryn Kysar

The Source of the Spring: Mothers Through the Eyes of Women Writers: A Barnard College Collection, compiled by Judith Shapiro

Hard Time & Nursery Rhymes: A Mother's Tales of Law and Disorder, by Claudia Trupp

It Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks: A Memoir of a Mother and Daughter, by Catherine Lloyd Burns

Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their Mothers, edited by Esmeralda Santiago and Joie Davidow

Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story, by Carol Burnett

Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words: Travels With Mom in the Land of Dementia, by Kate Whouley

The Eighth Promise: An American Son's Tribute to His Toisanese Mother, by William Poy Lee

A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother, by Janny Scott

Confessions of The Other Mother: Nonbiological Lesbian Moms Tell All, edited by Harlyn Aizley

Motherland: A Memoir, by Pamela Marin

She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood, by Amie Klempnauer Miller

Lives of Mothers & Daughters: Growing Up with Alice Munro, by Sheila Munro

A Special Education: One Family's Journey Through the Maze of Learning Disabilities, by Dana Buchman with Charlotte Farber

Waiting for Birdy: A Year of Frantic Tedium, Neurotic Angst, and the Wild Magic of Growing a Family, by Catherine Newman

The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them, by Amy Dickinson

Mother on Fire: a True Mother%#$@ About Parenting!, by Sandra Tsing Loh

Bringing in Finn: An Extraordinary Surrogacy Story, by Sara Connell

Lifesaving Lessons: Notes From An Accidental Mother, Linda Greenlaw