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  • NO MAMA NO. by Bargate, Verity.
    Bargate, Verity.
    NO MAMA NO.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story of postpartum depression before this condition was even acknowledged, told from the point of view of the mother who feels unable to love her second child or to overcome her disappointment that he is a boy and not the girl she wanted. 136 pp. ISBN: 0-060102292.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 65035
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  • THE BLUE JAY'S DANCE: A Birth Year. by Erdrich, Louise.
    Erdrich, Louise.
    THE BLUE JAY'S DANCE: A Birth Year.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first major work of non-fiction, one in which she "brilliantly and poignantly examines the joys and frustrations, the compromises and insights, the difficult struggles and profound emotional satisfactions she experienced in the course of one twelve-month period - from a winter pregnancy through a spring and summer of new motherhood to a fall return to writing." SIGNED on the title page. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0171324.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 30689
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  • THE BLUE JAY'S DANCE: A Birth Year. by Erdrich, Louise.
    Erdrich, Louise.
    THE BLUE JAY'S DANCE: A Birth Year.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first major work of non-fiction, one in which she "brilliantly and poignantly examines the joys and frustrations, the compromises and insights, the difficult struggles and profound emotional satisfactions she experienced in the course of one twelve-month period - from a winter pregnancy through a spring and summer of new motherhood to a fall return to writing." SIGNED on the title page. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0171324.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 49911
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  • THE GOLDEN STATE. by Kiesling, Lydia.
    Kiesling, Lydia.
    THE GOLDEN STATE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's very hightly praised first novel, a "5 Under 35 Award" by the National Book Foundation, among other honors. Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, flees her strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey, in hopes that the quiet will bring clarity. Instead she finds her relationships with two women she meets there culminating in a dangerous standoff. "Keenly observed, bristling with humor, and set against the beauty of a little-known part of California, The Golden State is about class and cultural breakdowns, and desperate attempts to bridge old and new worlds. But more…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's very hightly praised first novel, a "5 Under 35 Award" by the National Book Foundation, among other honors. Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, flees her strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey, in hopes that the quiet will bring clarity. Instead she finds her relationships with two women she meets there culminating in a dangerous standoff. "Keenly observed, bristling with humor, and set against the beauty of a little-known part of California, The Golden State is about class and cultural breakdowns, and desperate attempts to bridge old and new worlds. But more than anything, it is about motherhood: its voracious worry, frequent tedium, and enthralling, wondrous love." SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0374164836.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 77982
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  • THE GOLDEN STATE. by Kiesling, Lydia.
    Kiesling, Lydia.
    THE GOLDEN STATE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's very hightly praised first novel, a "5 Under 35 Award" by the National Book Foundation, among other honors. Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, flees her strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey, in hopes that the quiet will bring clarity. Instead she finds her relationships with two women she meets there culminating in a dangerous standoff. "Keenly observed, bristling with humor, and set against the beauty of a little-known part of California, The Golden State is about class and cultural breakdowns, and desperate attempts to bridge old and new worlds. But more…

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    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's very hightly praised first novel, a "5 Under 35 Award" by the National Book Foundation, among other honors. Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, flees her strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey, in hopes that the quiet will bring clarity. Instead she finds her relationships with two women she meets there culminating in a dangerous standoff. "Keenly observed, bristling with humor, and set against the beauty of a little-known part of California, The Golden State is about class and cultural breakdowns, and desperate attempts to bridge old and new worlds. But more than anything, it is about motherhood: its voracious worry, frequent tedium, and enthralling, wondrous love." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0374164836.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 87342
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (bookstore stamp on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 19431
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36577
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  • HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never by Kingsolver, Barbara
    Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. Olive green cloth spine. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 42377
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  • Kingsolver, Barbara
    HIGH TIDE IN TUCSON: Essays from Now or Never

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperCollins, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Twenty-five essays written with 'the eyes of a scientist and the vision of a poet' on topics as diverse as modern motherhood, property rights, a museum of atomic bomb relics, a West African voodoo love charm, a battle of wills with a two year old and more. Illustrations by Paul Mirocha. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0172916.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some shelf wear, price-clipped dj.)

    Book ID: 46440
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  • PARADISE, PIECE BY PIECE. by Peacock, Molly.
    Peacock, Molly.
    PARADISE, PIECE BY PIECE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First prose book by this award-winning poet - a memoir, which discusses the coming of age of a poet, but especially the choice she made to not have children. 337 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0973.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 29919
    Keywords: memoir, motherhood, Poetry
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  • PARADISE, PIECE BY PIECE. by Peacock, Molly.
    Peacock, Molly.
    PARADISE, PIECE BY PIECE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Riverhead Books, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First prose book by this award-winning poet - a memoir, which discusses the coming of age of a poet, but especially the choice she made to not have children. 337 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0973.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 34368
    Keywords: memoir, motherhood, Poetry
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  • FRUITFUL: A Real Mother in the Modern World. by Roiphe, Anne.
    Roiphe, Anne.
    FRUITFUL: A Real Mother in the Modern World.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Roiphe has a family of six daughters, a mixture of hers, his and theirs, so she brings her own personal experiences to this book. A humorous, yet critical analysis on what it means to be a mother, she advocates co-mothering and condemns the women's movement for its male-bashing focus, offers a critical account of the feminist stance on marriage and motherhood, and argues for renewed support for the needs of working women trying to bring up children. She describes the many painful dilemmas instantly recognizable by any mother: the effect of a working mother on her children; the sufficiency of being a "good-enough mother." INSCRIBED on the title page. xi, 260 pp. ISBN: 0-395735319.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (author's name and address on rear endpaper)

    Book ID: 78024
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  • SAVE ME. by Scottolini, Lisa.
    Scottolini, Lisa.
    SAVE ME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mother is volunteering in a school cafeteria, when disaster strikes - and in a split second she has to make a decision! Boldly INSCRIBED on the title page. 373 pp. ISBN: 978-0312380786.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 63261
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  • THE YUMMY MUMMY. by Williams, Polly.
    Williams, Polly.
    THE YUMMY MUMMY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion, (2007). First edition - The author's first novel, one which uses humor to "weigh in on nearly every maternal controversy (from extended breastfeeding to the return to paid employment). Thirty-one-year-old Amy Crane, six months postpartum, is stuck between two groups of mommy friends. On one side are the women from her childbirth class, dedicated mothers with chubby figures and comfy clothes. . On the other side is Amy's new friend Alice, a so-called 'yummy mummy,' who, with her similarly slim and elegant West London friends, takes Amy on as her newest project." (Publishers Weekly) 372 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87576
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  • DATING BIG BIRD. by Zigman, Laura.
    Zigman, Laura.
    DATING BIG BIRD.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Dell, (2001). The author's second novel. A humorous look at modern life - and how far it can be from our expectations. 246 pp,. ISBN: 0-38533412.

    Condition: Fine.

    Book ID: 83800
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