The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year
10 best books like The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year (Louise Erdrich): Wait Until Midnight, A Wanted Man, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life, Great with Child: Letters to a Young Mother, The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood, So Brave, Young and Handsome, Joan of Arc, A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love, A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives, The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality
| Author | Amanda Quick |
| ISBN | 0425206408 |
Adam Hardesty has a serious problem: a diary containing his family's darkest secrets has been stolen and, in the course of investigating his would-be blackmailer, he discovers the dead body of a prominent psychic.
His only lead is a list of the psychic's last visitors. The most likely suspect...
The past has a way of catching up with folks in Stone Creek, Arizona. So schoolmarm Lark Morgan and Marshal Rowdy Rhodes are determined to hide their secrets--and deny their instant attraction. That shouldn't be too hard, since each suspects the other of living a lie. Her too-fancy clothes and big-city...
The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
| Author | Julie Bogart |
| ISBN | 0143133225 |
A joyful and accessible approach to homeschooling that harnesses children's natural curiosity and makes learning a part of everyday life, whether they're in elementary or high school
Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids....
Beth Ann Fennelly, writing to a newly pregnant friend, goes beyond the nuts and bolts or sentimentality of other parenting literature, in letters that range in tone from serious to sisterly, from lighthearted to downright funny. Some answer specific questions; others muse about the identity shift...
| Author | Ariel Gore |
| ISBN | 1580050298 |
On loan from a fellow mama (baby connection), this book was sadly dated. The writer gave birth to her daughter at age 18, in the late 90s. She writes about the Lilith Fair, dying her hair pink, wearing combat boots, and taking out loans so that she could go to college and better herself. Her strength puts...
| Author | Leif Enger |
| ISBN | 0871139855 |
A stunning successor to his best selling novel Peace Like a River, Leif Enger's new work is a rugged and nimble story about an aging train robber on a quest to reconcile the claims of love and judgment on his life, and the failed writer who goes with him.
In 1915 Minnesota, novelist Monte Becket has lost...
| Author | Mary Gordon |
| ISBN | 0670885371 |
One would expect nothing less from Gordon (Spending) than a splendid, spare account of Joan's life -- and she delivers in this slender but satisfying account, a new entry in the Penguin Lives series. The facts of Joan of Arc's life are straightforward: she was born in 1412, in Domremy, France, to a peasant...
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love
| Author | Michelle Edwards |
| ISBN | 0553497111 |
Here’s a heartwarming winter picture book that’s sure to appeal to families who love knitting.
Mrs. Goldman always knits hats for everyone in the neighborhood, and Sophia, who thinks knitting is too hard, helps by making the pom-poms. But now winter is here, and Mrs. Goldman herself doesn’t...
A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives
| Author | Kelly Brogan |
| ISBN | 0062405578 |
Named one of the top health and wellness books for 2016 by MindBodyGreen
Depression is not a disease. It is a symptom.
Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with 1 in 4 women starting their day with medication. These drugs have steadily become...
The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality
| Author | Kimberly Ann Johnson |
| ISBN | 1611804000 |
A holistic, practical guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels.
Pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum offer women some of the most emotionally enriching and satisfying experiences of their life. But many women...
A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother
| Author | Rachel Cusk |
| ISBN | 0312311303 |
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book, A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother is multi-award-winning author Rachel Cusk's honest memoir that captures the life-changing wonders of motherhood.
Selected by the New York Times as one of the 50 Best Memoirs of the Past 50 Years
The experience...
The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show
| Author | Ariel Gore |
| ISBN | 0060854286 |
Orphaned at age four and raised by her black-clad, rosary-mumbling, preoccupied grandmother, Frankka discovered the ability to perform the stigmata as a way to attract her grandmother's attention. Now twenty-eight, Frankka's still using this extraordinary talent, crisscrossing the country...
| Author | Jo Goodman |
| ISBN | 0425264165 |
He was on the hunt for a runaway beauty
“Find her” is the only instruction that private detective Cobb Bridger receives from Andrew Mackey. The scion of a wealthy Chicago family, Mackey is desperate to know the whereabouts of the woman who disappeared from his employ, taking with her...
| Author | Amanda Quick |
| ISBN | 0399165150 |
The Kern Secretarial Agency provides reliable professional services to its wealthy clientele, and Anne Clifton was one of the finest women in Ursula Kern’s employ. But Miss Clifton has met an untimely end—and Ursula is convinced it was not due to natural causes.
Archaeologist and...
Outlandish:
An Unlikely Messiah, a Messy Ministry, and the Call to Mobilize
Jesus did everything wrong: Poor judgment picking a team of disciples. Ministering to the wrong people. Angering the wrong people. Having outrageous expectations of his followers. Questionable teaching methods. Allowing others to have unrealistic opinions about his mission. A humiliating end...
The Call of the Wild and Free: Schooling That Reclaims the Wonder of Childhood
Allow your children to experience the adventure, freedom, and wonder of childhood with this practical guide that provides all the information, inspiration, and advice you need for creating a modern, quality homeschool education.
Inspired by the spirit of Henry David Thoreau—”All...
| Author | Gale Zucker |
| ISBN | 0553459341 |
Finally, a knitting book featuring fantastic projects that don't require you to study a pattern for hours--a sure recipe for blissful, carefree knitting. A book of great potential gifts and keepsakes, this collection of 30 dynamic projects--from blankets to simple sweaters to wraps--is designed...
| Author | Hanna Charlotte Erhorn |
| ISBN | 1465453989 |
Use giant needles and chunky-weight yarn to make sweaters and jackets in no time at all.
Big Knits, Big Needles includes 20 step-by-step projects and a tutorial section on the techniques of the basic stitches you need to know. From a belted cardigan to a hooded toggle coat, your cold-weather-wear...
