The Wrong Mother

The Wrong Mother
Author: Sophie Hannah
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2009-09-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101159456

A chilling, compulsively readable novel of psychological suspense from the author of Little Face and The Carrier Sally Thorning is watching the news with her husband when she hears a name she never thought she'd hear again: Mark Bretherick. It's a name she shouldn't recognize. Last year, a work trip Sally had planned was canceled at the last minute. Desperate for a break from juggling her job and a young family, Sally didn't tell her husband that the trip had fallen through. Instead, she treated herself to a secret vacation in a remote hotel. While she was there, Sally met a man—Mark Bretherick. All the details are the same: where he lives, his job, his wife Geraldine and daughter Lucy. Except that the photograph on the news is of a man Sally has never seen before. And Geraldine and Lucy Bretherick are both dead... With the international bestseller Little Face, Sophie Hannah established herself as a striking new voice in psychological suspense. The Wrong Mother, a riveting exploration of a mother's unspeakable betrayal, confirms her reputation as a master of the form.

The Wrong Mother

The Wrong Mother
Author: Charlotte Duckworth
Publisher: Quercus
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2022-12-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1529423015

'Get ready for a roller-coaster ride with this tense and twisty story of two women with dark secrets' HEAT One mother on the run. A safe place to hide. But you can't escape the past forever . . . Faye is 39 and single. She's terrified she may never have the one thing she always wanted: a child of her own. Then she discovers a co-parenting app: Acorns. For men and women who want to have a baby, but don't want to do it alone. When she meets Louis through it, it feels as though the fates have aligned. But just one year later, Faye is on the run from Louis, with baby Jake in tow. In desperate need of a new place to live, she contacts Rachel, who's renting out a room in her remote Norfolk cottage. It's all Faye can afford - and surely she'll be safe from Louis there? But is Rachel the benevolent landlady she pretends to be? Or does she have a secret of her own? 'Pulse-pounding' LOUISE MUMFORD 'Had me hooked from beginning to end' 5* READER REVIEW 'The perfect thriller' EMILY FREUD 'Not to be missed' 5* READER REVIEW 'Utterly addictive' WOMAN'S OWN 'A thrilling page-turner' 5* READER REVIEW 'Full of pace, suspense and intrigue' L V MATTHEWS

Bad Mother

Bad Mother
Author: Ayelet Waldman
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2009-05-05
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0767932161

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “hilarious, heartbreaking, and edgy” (Newsweek) memoir on modern motherhood. In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, indifferent mothers, and occasionally, great mothers. Today we have only Bad Mothers: If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as a “bad mother”? Writing with remarkable candor, and dispensing much hilarious and helpful advice along the way—Is breast best? What should you do when your daughter dresses up as a “ho” for Halloween?—Ayelet Waldman says it's time for women to get over it and get on with it in this wry, unflinchingly honest, and always insightful memoir on motherhood in today's world.

Mothers-In-Law Do Everything Wrong (MILDEW)

Mothers-In-Law Do Everything Wrong (MILDEW)
Author:
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0740789481

Does your mother-in-law still buy your husband underwear? Show up at your home unannounced? Do you keep hoping that aliens will kidnap her? If so, you must have MILDEW! MILDEW, the playful acronym for Mothers-In-Law Do Everything Wrong, has allowed authors Liz Bluper and Renee Plastique to conduct covert conversations about their MILDEWs for the last decade--without drawing the ire of their husbands. As humorous stories accumulated over the years, they began to broaden their MILDEW storytelling circle. Soon, that circle spanned the globe, resulting in the first-ever truly fun humor book on mothers-in-law. From the all-too-revealing quiz to the laugh-out-loud stories to the Hey, that really might work strategies, this book gives new meaning to the word MILDEW. MILDEW gave me a Thigh Master for Christmas one year. --Margot, Connecticut When I was pregnant with my first child, a son, MILDEW wanted us to name him after her husband, Ken. My husband and I, however, decided to name our son Jacob. MILDEW refused to accept this, and proceeded to call our son Ken. What's up with that? --Gretchen, Maine Running the gamut from famous MILDEWs--such as the queen of England--to everyday MILDEWs just like yours, this witty insightful book transcends age, gender, culture, geography, and time. The hysterical tales of holiday chaos, helpful child-rearing advice, pre-wedding moments of horror, and MILDEW gift giving gone awry will keep you laughing and dying to share it with your friends.

Wild Game

Wild Game
Author: Adrienne Brodeur
Publisher: Harper
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1328519031

On a hot July night on Cape Cod, at the age of 14, Brodeur became a confidante to her mother's affair with her husband's closest friend. Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help, but when the affair had calamitous consequences for everyone involved, Brodeau was driven into a precarious marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. In her memoir she examines how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. -- adapted from jacket

The Bad Mother

The Bad Mother
Author: Nancy Rommelmann
Publisher:
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780982866900

Mary always woke up when the buses started rolling down Hollywood Boulevard, not from the noise coming in the windows but the exaust. Just another day of street life for a young homeless girl.

The Best Mother

The Best Mother
Author: Cynthia Surrisi
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1683351290

When Maxine wakes up on the wrong side of the bed one morning, she wonders if the problem might be her mother. What if she could try out a new mom who doesn’t make her brush her teeth or comb her hair? Enlisting Mom to help her with the search, Maxine interviews various prospects to be her new mother at the park, the toy store, and the zoo. Unfortunately, these other mothers present a host of new problems and concerns. Maybe her “old mother” was the best mother of all? For every child who’s ever wondered if the grass is greener, The Best Mother affirms that there’s nothing better than your own mother’s love.

The Mother of All Questions

The Mother of All Questions
Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Total Pages: 141
Release: 2017-02-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1608467201

A collection of feminist essays steeped in “Solnit’s unapologetically observant and truth-speaking voice on toxic, violent masculinity” (The Los Angeles Review). In a timely and incisive follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers sharp commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more. In characteristic style, “Solnit draw[s] anecdotes of female indignity or male aggression from history, social media, literature, popular culture, and the news . . . The main essay in the book is about the various ways that women are silenced, and Solnit focuses upon the power of storytelling—the way that who gets to speak, and about what, shapes how a society understands itself and what it expects from its members. The Mother of All Questions poses the thesis that telling women’s stories to the world will change the way that the world treats women, and it sets out to tell as many of those stories as possible” (The New Yorker). “There’s a new feminist revolution—open to people of all genders—brewing right now and Rebecca Solnit is one of its most powerful, not to mention beguiling, voices.”—Barbara Ehrenreich, New York Times–bestselling author of Natural Causes “Short, incisive essays that pack a powerful punch.” —Publishers Weekly “A keen and timely commentary on gender and feminism. Solnit’s voice is calm, clear, and unapologetic; each essay balances a warm wit with confident, thoughtful analysis, resulting in a collection that is as enjoyable and accessible as it is incisive.” —Booklist

Bad Mothers United

Bad Mothers United
Author: Kate Long
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2013-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1849837945

The long-awaited sequel to the number one bestselling THE BAD MOTHER'S HANDBOOK. Before Yummy Mummies and Slummy Mummies, before the Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, before we wondered How She Does It, there was THE BAD MOTHER'S HANDBOOK. Hundreds of thousands of readers lived a year in the life of Charlotte, Karen and Nan as they struggled with becoming mothers for the first time. And now they are back. Certainly older, probably not wiser, and definitely as hilariously catastrophic as before. For all those who have asked how to be a woman, here is HOW TO BE...A BAD MOTHER. A storyteller in the Joanna Trollope league, Long writes astutely and comically about the complexities of motherhood' Independent 'Warm, witty and wise' Red 'One of the authors that I rush out to buy straight away. I find her work challenging, witty, fresh and real' Adele Parks

The Luchettis Six Book Bundle

The Luchettis Six Book Bundle
Author: Lori Handeland
Publisher: Lori Handeland
Total Pages: 1394
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Born on an Illinois dairy farm . . . Five brothers, one sister . . . come along on the journey as each of them finds love. The Farmer's Wife The secret they've kept can either bring them together or tear them apart. Youngest sibling and only sister, Kim Luchetti returns to the Illinois family farm after her father's heart attack. Eight years ago she vowed never to return, believing only distance would allow her to forget the tragedy that broke her heart. Returning means she must face everyone's questions, including those of her first love, Brian Riley, the only one who knows her secret. The Daddy Quest Leaving Las Vegas . . . Nicole Houston lived a life no child ever should. Dumped as a baby, unwanted and unloved, she ended up in Vegas, working as a stripper. Then one night of love with a man bound for the priesthood set her on a new path... as a mother. Aaron Luchetti never became a priest. Instead he has been working on the family dairy farm and trying to forget his past and his failures. But he never got over his time in Las Vegas; he never got over Nicole. When he discovers he has a daughter, everything changes. The Brother Quest If anything ever happens to me, go to 445 Briar Lane, Wind Lake, Minnesota . . . Foreign correspondent Colin Luchetti receives a cryptic note from his missing brother, which leads him to Chasing Rainbows Day Care Center and its owner Marlie Anderson. Marlie doesn't think someone who lives a James Bond life would ever be interested in a shy, bespectacled, slightly overweight, preschool teacher. But Colin is fascinated by her zest for life and the way she is the calm in everyone's storm. For his family's sake Colin knows he should focus on the mystery of his brother's disappearance, but can he do it without falling for his brother's girl? The Husband Quest What’s love got to do with it? When handyman Evan Luchetti and serial bride Jilly Hart meet, sparks fly. But Evan wants forever and Jilly has three rules she lives by: Never, ever marry for love. Poor men are for play; rich men are for keeps. Old men are like fine wine. Once tasted, they don't last very long. Can Evan convince Jilly that love is magic and will make her so much richer than any life money can buy? A Soldier's Quest What happens when G.I. Joe meets Jane of the Jungle? Upon discovering the woman he loves has married his brother, Bobby Luchetti, a U.S. Special Forces officer, accepts a mission deep into the heart of Mexico where Dr. Jane Harker practices medicine in places no one else will go. When someone tries to kill her, the two go on the run attempting to stay one step ahead of whoever has it in for Jane. Does this relationship stand a chance? Because getting through this alive is only the beginning . . . The Mommy Quest What do you do when you need a mommy too? Winner of the RITA® Award for Long Contemporary Romance! Once upon a time, Tim Luchetti went searching for a daddy and found one in Dean Luchetti. Now it's time for Tim's Mommy Quest. Stella O'Connell left Gainsville, Illinois right after high school, never planning to come back. When the elementary school principal is injured, Stella slides into her chair. Why does her problem child have to be Dean's son? The Luchettis Reading Order: THE FARMER'S WIFE (Kim) THE DADDY QUEST (Aaron) THE BROTHER QUEST (Colin) THE HUSBAND QUEST (Evan) A SOLDIER'S QUEST (Bobby) THE MOMMY QUEST (Dean)