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Beliefnet's 10 picks for Mother's Day reading
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Home Cooking
by Laurie Colwin Harper Perennial Library 
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Part memoir, part cookbook, this delightful discourse on food and family life is as warm and welcoming as a fresh-baked loaf of bread (recipe included). Colwin, who lamentably died young, was a mother, novelist, and essayist for Gourmet. |
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Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul
by Jack Canfield (ed.), Mark Victor Hansen, Jennifer Read Hawthorne, and Marci Shimoff Health Communications
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Get out your handkerchiefs--this panegyric to maternal love, devotion, and wisdom may be the most touching entry in the wildly popular series.
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No Greater Love: Being an Extraordinary Mom
by Loren Slocum Golden Books
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Slocum's book is a relaxing antidote to baby-care and child-development books--an appreciation of motherhood as a learning experience and kids as spiritual teachers. Inspiring text and celebratory black-and-white photos help moms slow down and be present with their children.
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I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendships in Women's Lives
by Ellen Goodman and Patricia O'Brien Simon & Schuster
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The authors--Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Goodman and writer O'Brien--started talking together 25 years ago and haven't stopped since. They use their own long-term relationship and intimate interviews with others to examine the meaning of friendship throughout women's lives.
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The Mother Trip: Hip Mama's Guide to Staying Sane in the Chaos of Motherhood by Ariel Gore Seal Press
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The sequel to the "Hip Mama Survival Guide," Ariel Gore (who reviewed "Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth" for Beliefnet) is a smart, witty, unconventional mom whose well-crafted essays acknowledge the messier side of motherhood. A refreshingly feminist viewpoint that doesn't pigeonhole or patronize women.
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Dalai Lama, My Son: A Mother's Story by Diki Tsering Seal Press
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Ever wonder what it's like to be the mother of a holy man? Diki Tsering's moving autobiography gives you an inside peek--at the tender age of 2, Lhamo Dhondup was named the next Dalai Lama.
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Black Mothers: Songs of Praise and Celebration by Kristin Clark Taylor DoubleDay
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Scan most newspapers or magazines, and you're not likely to find a very flattering picture of black moms--the media likes to portray them as welfare queens, watching soaps as their sons get arrested. "Black Mothers," by former White House staffer Kristin Clark Taylor, is a good corrective. Taylor pays homage to black moms, who, she says, are not only their kids' best friends and fiercest advocates but also their links to church and God.
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Jewish Mothers
by Lloyd Wolf and Paula Wolfson Chronicle Books
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A stunning collection of photographs and essays of Jewish moms, from activists and writers to rabbis and homemakers.
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And What Do You Do?
by Loretta Kaufman and Mary Quigley Wildcat Canyon
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Full-time mothers, say Loretta Kaufman and Mary Quigley, don't need to feel embarrassed or sheepish when working women raise an eyebrow and ask the dreaded question. Two former stay-at-home moms--now successful journalists--Quigley and Kaufman have written a manifesto on mothering. It's OK to take a few (or a dozen) years off from work to hang out with your kids, they say: Your brain won't atrophy, your marriage won't deteriorate, and your kids will be grateful.
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Reclaiming the Spirituality of Birth
by Benig Mauger Healing Arts Press
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Benig Mauger helps expectant moms transcend the cold anonymity of hospitals and experience the spiritual power of giving birth. A more spiritually meaningful birth is not just good for moms but good for babies too, says Mauger.
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