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The Mother Lode

I am the author of the Substack newsletter The Mother Lode and the former publisher of Literary Mama. I love to read fresh perspectives on motherhood, deep dives about identity, and feminist takes of all stripes. For each book that you purchase in my storefront, Bookshop.org will donate 10% of your sale to indie bookstores nationwide.

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood
Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control
Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
Body Full of Stars: Female Rage and My Passage Into Motherhood
Someone Other Than a Mother: Flipping the Scripts on a Woman's Purpose and Making Meaning Beyond Motherhood
How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood
A Ghost in the Throat
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
Stranger Care: A Memoir of Loving What Isn't Ours
Women's Work: A Personal Reckoning with Labor, Motherhood, and Privilege
Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy
And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready
A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother
Nightbitch
All Fours
Liars
Eleven Hours
This Is How It Always Is
Chouette
The Truth about Ben and June (Original)
The Upstairs House
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Motherhood
The Magic of Surrender: Finding the Courage to Let Go
You Are the One: A Bold Adventure in Finding Purpose, Discovering the Real You, and Loving Fully
Napkin Notes
In Awe: Rediscover Your Childlike Wonder to Unleash Inspiration, Meaning, and Joy
On Fire: The 7 Choices to Ignite a Radically Inspired Life
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
Nightbitch
Ejaculate Responsibly: A Whole New Way to Think about Abortion
All Fours
Liars
Women's Work: A Personal Reckoning with Labor, Motherhood, and Privilege
Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason
Touched Out: Motherhood, Misogyny, Consent, and Control
What Kind of Woman: Poems
Fair Play: Reese's Book Club: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live)
Untamed: Reese's Book Club
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape
I Am Jazz
Julián Is a Mermaid
Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope
Who Are You?: The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Worm Loves Worm
When Aidan Became a Brother
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
Red: A Crayon's Story
Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story about Gender and Friendship
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity
Anxiety: The Missing Stage of Grief: A Revolutionary Approach to Understanding and Healing the Impact of Loss
When Breath Becomes Air
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0)
The Year of Magical Thinking: National Book Award Winner
What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship, and Love
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Notes on Grief
H Is for Hawk
Slow Motion: A Memoir of a Life Rescued by Tragedy
Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir of Life and Love After Unimaginable Loss
Knocked Down: A High-Risk Memoir
Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance
Us: Getting Past You and Me to Build a More Loving Relationship
Grief Is Love: Living with Loss
Reviving Ophelia 25th Anniversary Edition: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
Whip Smart: The True Story of a Secret Life
Bad Feminist
Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good
Ladyparts: A Memoir
Little Labors
After Birth
All Fours
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Liars
The Book of Separation: A Memoir
But You Seemed So Happy: A Marriage, in Pieces and Bits
Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason
Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation
Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story
Untamed: Reese's Book Club
This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
The Leaving Season: A Memoir in Essays
Fleishman Is in Trouble
You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger
What Love Is: And What It Could Be
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity
Mad Wife: A Memoir
Untamed: Reese's Book Club
The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
How to Be Multiple: The Philosophy of Twins
The Vanishing Half: A GMA Book Club Pick (a Novel)
Her
Women's Work: A Personal Reckoning with Labor, Motherhood, and Privilege
Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership
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