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The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year by Louise Erdrich

The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year

Louise Erdrich

240 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood by Naomi Wolf

Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood

Naomi Wolf

352 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction feminism memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Doula Guide to Birth: Secrets Every Pregnant Woman Should Know by Ananda Lowe, Rachel Zimmerman

The Doula Guide to Birth: Secrets Every Pregnant Woman Should Know

Ananda Lowe, Rachel Zimmerman

304 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction informative fast-paced
The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

The Birth Partner

Penny Simkin

337 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction health reference informative slow-paced
Spiritual Midwifery by Ina May Gaskin

Spiritual Midwifery

Ina May Gaskin

482 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction health informative inspiring medium-paced
White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

White is for Witching

Helen Oyeyemi

256 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
fiction fantasy horror magical realism challenging dark medium-paced
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto by Michael Pollan

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

Michael Pollan

256 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction food and drink health science informative reflective fast-paced
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott

Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith

Anne Lamott

288 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction memoir religion emotional reflective medium-paced
Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods by Nina Planck

Real Food for Mother and Baby: The Fertility Diet, Eating for Two, and Baby's First Foods

Nina Planck

288 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction health informative fast-paced
The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business by Lauren Bacon, Emira Mears

The Boss of You: Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Start, Run, and Maintain Her Own Business

Lauren Bacon, Emira Mears

297 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

5.0emilylandry's review
nonfiction business self help informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced