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"The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrate the joy and wonder of motherhood and create a space for mothers to, as poet Molly Spencer has written, "tell an unlovely truth about family life and not have to take it back." The book carries forward the essential work of previous motherhood anthologies by speaking to our current moment through the work of many of the most exciting mid-career poets and by diversifying...
1524) La segunda vida de Missy
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El mundo ha cambiado alrededor de la bibliotecaria Millicent Carmichael, también conocida como Missy, de setenta y nueve años. Aunque se apresuró a admitir que a menudo encontraba sus roles de ama de casa y madre menos que satisfactorios, Missy una vez llevó una vida bulliciosa impulsada por dos hijos, un esposo consumado y célebre, y un título de Clásicos de Cambridge. Ahora que su esposo se ha ido, su hija se ha distanciado después de una...
1525) Siempre pienso en ti
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A mother explains to her child all the ways her love remains even while she's away.
1526) Loving Isaac: a novel
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Hana is between homes, between jobs, between a rock and a hard place. She and her special needs son, Isaac, are running from a painful past, and she's looking to the future without much hope. Then she meets Pastor Matthew Schofield. As Matt forms a surprising bond with Isaac, Hana is challenged to view God and his promises in a whole new light.
1527) Trouble in the city
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Now that summer is over and school is beginning separated siblings Annabelle and Arnie are struggling to cope with the reality of life apart--but when Annabelle comes to her mother and brother's apartment in the city a lot of repressed emotion suddenly overflows.
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"In Untigering, Iris Chen shares her journey of leaving behind authoritarian tiger parenting to embrace a respectful, relational way of raising children. As a Chinese American mom, she draws from her experiences of living in both North America and Asia and offers insights and practices to heal from your childhood wounds; change your beliefs about yourself and your children; parent through connection instead of control; redefine your understanding...
1532) La mamá mala
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"Deje que esta guía de la mamá mala le inspire a cavar profundo y a manenerse firme cuando se pone difícil el ser padres... porque una 'mamá mala' no es lo 'mala' que usted está pensando... La mamá mala incentiva a las demasiado agradables 'mamá malvavisco' a inculcar unos cuantos límites necesarios y motiva a los padres a mantener su posición cuando el trabajo de la crianza se torna difícil... especialmente, cuando un niño no gusta de...
1533) La habitación
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Bestseller) volume 1173
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"Para Jack, un niño de cinco años, Room (Habitación) is el mundo entero, el lugar donde nació, donde come, juega y aprende. Por la noche, Mamá lo pone a dormir en el Armario, por viene el Viejo Nick ... Para su madre, Room (Habitación)es el cubículo donde lleva siete años encerrada. Con gran tesón e ingenio, ha creado en ese reducido espacio una vida para su hijo, y su amor por él es lo único que le permite soportar lo insoportable. Pero...
1535) El gran día
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¡Ha llegado el gran día! Como todas las mariquitas de su edad, la protagonista de esta historia tiene que aprender a volar con sus propias alas. Pero tiene miedo. Mucho, mucho, mucho miedo ... Le asustan los gorriones y los cuervos, la oscuridad y los murciélagos, la nieve y el invierno. ¿Conseguirá su mamá hacer que alce el vuelo?
1536) Countdown America
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"After the loss of her husband, CIA agent Isabella Bendel accepts a promotion to Chief Supervisor-a much less dangerous position than what she's accustomed to-so she can raise her two children without fear of leaving her children without any parents. But any illusions of safety are shattered when, while on her Sunday morning jog in a Washington, DC park, Isabella survives a brutal assassination attempt. She hauls her assailant into CIA headquarters,...
1539) Con ảo
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"Sau khi sinh con gái đʹu lòng, vì šc kh₁e giĐm sút, Hoa đư̂c ch₅ng là Tùng đưa vℓ nhà b₃ m£ anh đ© tĩnh dừng. TŁi đây, hàng loŁt s̨ kißn k̤ bí, kinh hoàng đã xĐy đ¿n v₋i cô. Cùng v₋i đó, thái đ₎ khác lŁ ċa m⁻i ngư¿i trong gia đình, s̨ xuÆt hißn ċa Nhung - cô gái bí ♭n, s̨ m¿ ám ċa ċa Linh - cô gái hàng xóm, ... tÆt cĐ đℓu khi¿n Hoa nghi ngŁi và dÆy lên trong...
1540) Song of the sea
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When Saoirse and Ben's mother mysteriously disappears into the ocean, the two children go on an epic journey to find out the truth about her, and in the process, discover mystical secrets about both their mother and Saoirse herself.
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