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Motherhood can be the toughest – and funniest – job you'll ever have. Raising kids is hard work, but humor can make the journey a little easier - even if you just have to laugh to keep from crying. In The Motherhood Diaries 2, National Bestselling Author, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, uses personal anecdotes from her zoo - formerly known as a family - to show how humor helps her navigate the minefield of motherhood. This laugh-out-loud read portrays...

Their fairy-tale wedding business Desperately needs a happily-ever-after of its own Though their love was never in doubt, fertility issues and money problems have left Hollie and Jacob O'Brien's marriage in shambles. So once the spring wedding season at their Tennessee mountain ranch is over, they'll part ways. But the nuptial whirlwind has unexpected effects. Jacob is inspired to romance Hollie with picnics and stolen kisses. And then Hollie's...

Ella's life has just turned upside down. Her parents got divorced, and her dad moved to Ohio with his new love, Cynthia. Meanwhile, Ella's mom landed her dream job teaching at a law school-only problem is, it's in the boonies. They move next door to Grace Childs, the queen (and president) of the Snow Ridge sophomore class-gorgeous, popular, rich-you name it, she is it. Mousy gymnast Ella knows she's not one of "Them," but can't resist Grace's charity....

One in ten American children has a parent under criminal justice supervision-incarcerated, on probation, or on parole. One in thirty-three American children-and one in eight African American children-goes to sleep without access to a parent because that parent is in jail. Despite these staggering numbers, the children of prisoners remain largely invisible to society. Following in the tradition of the bestseller Random Family, journalist Nell Bernstein...

What do you do, when your world has fallen apart, and there doesn't seem to be a way to put it back together? Abby Kaiāulu (Kaw ee aw oo loo) gets the chance to start over when her family relocates from Hawaii to a small town on the Oregon coast. But, she's hiding a secret. Leaving the past and the cultural lessons of her Hawaiian grandfather behind, Abby redefines, who she is to hide it. There's Good Abby, she makes and follows the rules, and there's...

After her parents' divorce, Teddy realizes that love is not as easy as it looks In Teddy's daydreams, the elevator is never broken and her father comes home every day. But in reality, her dad has a new home and a new wife, Shelley, who is glamorous in a way Teddy's mother could never be. Still, Teddy holds out hope that one day her dad will come to his sensesand when she finds a shoebox full of faded love letters in the closet, she knows her mother...

Alice Lea plants a rock garden, but when Charlie Lukas brashly promises her roses along with a marriage proposal, she jumps at the chance for storybook happiness. Alice falls ill the day after Charlie proposes; his attention and concern as she recuperates promote a too-quick marriage. The Great Depression wanes, and WWII looms ahead when they marry. Gnawing unhappiness arises as they experience the stresses of wartime and raising a family, including...

After a pituitary tumor bursts in Mike Scalise's brain (diagnosed, by of all people a physician named Dr. Sunshine), it leaves him with a hole in head, and the hormone disorder acromegaly at age twenty-four. He also faces the exasperating challenge of navigating a new, alien world of illness maintenance among family, friends, and spouse. However, it's his mother, who has a chronic heart condition and a flair for drama, who becomes a complicated model...

Que se debe hacer cuando un niño tiene dificultades en la escuela o en la familia, cuando su comportamiento muestra que está sufriendo? Actualmente, la escuela, el entorno, la cultura incitan a los padres a llevar a su hijo al psicólogo o incluso a tratarlo con medicamentos, lo cual está indicado en muy pocos casos. Se hacen muchas preguntas porque se sienten responsables o incluso culpables de sus dificultades. Con ¿Psicólogo o no psicólogo?...

What would you do if your dad found a new girlfriend--one who was completely, totally uncool? No one could be worse than Dad's new girlfriend, whom he calls (ugh) "Sweet Potato." Totally Uncool is a clever and witty story with offbeat illustrations that bring to life the challenges of adjusting to a single parent's new companion.