Most moms aren’t like the moms we see in movies or in chapter books from our childhood. Most moms don’t get it right every time. Most moms aren’t like, well, most moms. So, for Mother’s Day, here are five books about and for moms who live and think outside the box. The Leavers: For theContinue reading

Most moms don’t come straight from central casting. Most moms aren’t like the moms we see in movies, on television or in chapter books from our childhood. Most moms don’t get it right every time. Most moms aren’t like, well, most moms. So, for Mother’s Day, here are five books about and for moms whoContinue reading

The Atomic Weight of Love by Elizabeth J. Church: The No. 1 Indie Next pick for May and Amazon’s Debut Spotlight of the Month, this is the much-buzzed-about book of the moment. Bustle calls it a “mother-daughter book club must read of 2016.” For Meridian Wallace—and many other smart, driven women of the 1940s—being ambitiousContinue reading

From Freudian to sentimental, our thoughts turn to mom this time of year. This month’s collection of Lucky 7 e-books–just $1.99 each through April 30–looks at the complex, comforting, and confounding relationships between mothers and children. Each e-book also contains a free preview of What My Mother Gave Me, the upcoming anthology edited by ElizabethContinue reading

Put your worries aside, yesterday was no joke.  It really is Giveaway Week here at Algonquin!  We’re continuing the series with a Happy Pub Day giveaway… What My Mother Gave Me edited by Elizabeth Benedict As Elizabeth Benedict writes in her introduction to this collection, “we may not know for quite some time which presentsContinue reading