Posts tagged with ‘Parenting’
August 6, 2013
LIFE WITH HOARDING PARENTS, and its impact on a writer’s psyche, told with compassion, frankness, and love.
Grade: SOLID B
COMING CLEAN: A MEMOIR
Houghton Mifflin/New Harvest
2013
Tags: Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
May 12, 2013
FIERCE, FUNNY, LOVING memoir of father and son—both creative, adventurous, and living with Asperger’s.
Grade: B PLUS
RAISING CUBBY: A FATHER AND SON'S ADVENTURES WITH ASPERGER'S, TRAINS, TRACTORS, AND HIGH EXPLOSIVES
Crown
2013
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Parenting
March 9, 2013
A FATHER’S MEMOIR of his son’s experience of autism reflects their shared humor and bookish quirkiness.
Grade: SOLID B
BAD ANIMALS: A FATHER'S ACCIDENTAL EDUCATION IN AUTISM
Skyhorse Publishing
2012
Tags: Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
October 26, 2012
ENGAGING, CANDID MEMOIR of parenting as a gay dad from comic actor/screenwriter Dan Bucatinsky; tons of charm!
Grade: SOLID B
DOES THIS BABY MAKE ME LOOK STRAIGHT? CONFESSIONS OF A GAY DAD
Touchstone/Simon and Schuster
2012
Tags: LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
September 11, 2012
A YOUNG WOMAN’S BATTLE with bipolar disorder, related in parallel with her mother’s caregiving story. Touching.
Grade: SOLID B
PERFECT CHAOS: A DAUGHTER'S JOURNEY TO SURVIVE BIPOLAR, A MOTHER'S STRUGGLE TO SAVE HER
St. Martin's Press
2012
Tags: Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
August 11, 2012
ANNE LAMOTT’S LOVING memoir of her grandson’s first year of life (written with his dad and mom) melts the heart.
Grade: B PLUS
SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: A JOURNAL OF MY SON'S FIRST SON
Riverhead
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Family, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Parenting
March 20, 2011
THOUGHTFUL, WARM-HEARTED, and snarky memoir of high-risk parenting by the mother of an extremely premature baby.
Grade: SOLID B
HALF BAKED: THE STORY OF MY NERVES, MY NEWBORN, AND HOW WE BOTH LEARNED TO BREATHE
Running Press
2010
Tags: Health, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews
January 29, 2011
SCIENCE WRITER’S MEMOIR of her daughter’s recovery from anorexia is a tough read, but a helpful resource.
Grade: SOLID B
BRAVE GIRL EATING: A FAMILY'S STRUGGLE WITH ANOREXIA
William Morrow & Company
2010
Tags: Health, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Science, Solid B Reviews