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If you’re a new mom of multiples, it can be hard to find advice and enough people in your life who “get it” or give you the support you need. Luckily, there’s Twin Set: for moms of twins, by moms of twins. Twin Set provides a parent-to-parent support network—based on an exclusive national survey of more than 300 moms of multiples—and shares indispensable, mom-tested, solution-oriented advice...and a few laughs along the way.

A late bloomer’s coming-of-age memoir asks how does one accept and free themselves from visible and invisible disabilities and still retain their sense of connection and humor? Nothing Special is a disarmingly candid tale of two sisters growing up in the 1970s in rural Connecticut. Older sister Chris, who has Down syndrome, is an extrovert, while the author, her younger, typically developing sister, shoulders the burdens and grief of her parents.

George Howe Colt believes that he would be an entirely different man had he not grown up in a family of four brothers. In Brothers, he movingly recounts the adoration, envy, rivalry, affection, anger, and compassion in their shifting relationships from childhood through middle age. In alternate chapters, Colt moves from a quest to understand how his own brothers shaped his life to an examination of the complex relationships between iconic brothers in history.

It took less than four hours for Sarah Bailey and her younger brother Curtis to lose everything they knew. She lost her school, her mudpie stations, her church, her father, and her name. Everything they own is packed in garbage bags as they are moved to a new foster home. It’s supposed to be a safe haven for them, but as Sarah—now called Anna—learns, their so-called safety comes at a horrific price, as she is groomed and abused by her new foster mother.

Jasper looks like any other average teenage boy but looks can often be deceiving. Jasper holds a deep secret; only he and two of his sisters know about his secret. He must keep this secret from his school at all costs. Jasper is outnumbered; he lives with his six teenage sisters and his mother. The story includes adventure, family situations, secrets and a little romance. Then there are those nuns to tend with and where do they fit into all this?

Siblings Only is an ode to the special ties formed between sisters and brothers, which stand apart from those forged with peers and even other family members. The bond between siblings is unmatched by any other and it's always worth celebrating - even on the days you can't stand each other.

In the explosive fourth installment of the Her Man, My Secret series, Mia is battling what feels like postpartum depression, trying to be the perfect wife and mother while her past refuses to let her go. Kevin senses her slipping away, and just when he thinks he’s fixed everything, an old mistake threatens to destroy it all. Lea is finally happy, engaged to Mello and starting fresh, until her ex, Ace, finds out. Their co-parenting peace shatters, and he gives her an ultimatum that could cost her everything. Some secrets stay buried. Others explode.

This audiobook will share with you the simple steps to resolve siblings’ bickering to make peace with the past, leading to happy family bonding.

Tell a New Story offers an easy-to-follow, five-step approach using the STORY acronym to help uncover your patterns and transform the way you think and talk about yourself. Rowan weaves a tapestry of powerful emotions through personal storytelling. She expounds on struggles that teach lessons on how to dissolve the habits that hold you back from living your dream life. Rowan will help you recognize the patterns that are keeping you stuck in the same old story, and instead, guide you to rewrite a new and empowering version of yourself that you love.

On a family summer holiday in Cornwall in 1978, Richard and his younger brother Nicholas are jumping in the waves. Suddenly, Nicholas is out of his depth. One moment he's there, the next he's gone. Richard and his other brothers don't attend the funeral, and the family returns immediately to the same cottage—to complete the holiday in the best British tradition. The Day That Went Missing is a transcendent story of guilt and forgiveness, of reckoning with unspeakable loss. But, above all, it is a brother's most tender act of remembrance, and a man's brave act of survival....

Jeff Resnick faces a new dilemma: someone is stalking his sister-in-law, Brenda, who fears that violence from pro-life supporters will escalate near the women’s clinic where she works. Or could the vandalism, threatening phone calls, and letters against her have come from her abusive ex-husband? Meanwhile, Jeff grapples with meeting his estranged father and the sister he never knew existed. Could Patty Resnick be the key to Brenda’s stalker?

A searing memoir about one woman's road to hope following the death of her troubled brother, told through the series of cars that accompanied her on her journey. Growing up in a blue-collar family in the Midwest, Melissa Stephenson longed for escape. Her wanderlust was an innate reaction to the powerful personalities around her and also came from her desire to find a place in the world where her artistic ambitions wouldn't be thwarted. She found in automobiles the promise of a future beyond Indiana state lines.

From a prize-winning journalist, Mary Carter Bishop, a moving and beautifully rendered memoir about the half-brother she didn’t know existed that hauntingly explores family, class, secrets, and fate. Applying for a passport as an adult, Mary Carter Bishop made a shocking discovery. She had a secret half-brother. Her mother, a farm manager’s wife on a country estate, told Mary Carter the abandoned boy was a youthful "mistake" from an encounter with a married man. There had been a home for unwed mothers; foster parents; an orphanage.

In today's tech-saturated world, parenting is more challenging than ever. Aliza Payne's "Parenting Glow Kids" offers a concise and practical guide to navigating the digital landscape and raising well-rounded, tech-savvy children. This essential resource equips parents with the tools and knowledge needed to foster healthy relationships with technology, ensuring their children grow into responsible and resilient individuals.

Autumn Season has no plans to stay in Willow Valley, North Carolina. Too many bad memories, and she doesn't need to reignite the terrifying flashbacks by sticking around the small town that was never really home to her. She's only back because her oldest sister called an emergency family meeting, and she has big news of her own. But she's still reeling from that revelation herself, and it may take some time before she's ready to share. Besides, it would be nice to have a soft place to land for a while. Just until she knows what to expect, even if it is the unexpected. Like seeing Riggs ...

How far would you go for someone you love...on a unicycle? Brothers and sisters often dare each other to do things – it's what siblings do. However, when Connie Johnson dared her brother, Samuel, to embark on a one-wheeled odyssey around Australia, she knew it was a big ask. But Connie knew exactly what she was doing and was sure he wouldn't say no. Not this time. Born a year apart, Connie and Samuel Johnson have always been close.

In The Mike File, Stephen Trimble grapples with his brother's heartrending life and death and looks behind doors he’s barricaded himself in. Detective story, social history, journey of self-discovery, and compassionate and unsparing memorial to a family and a forgotten life, The Mike File will move every listener with a relative or friend touched by psychiatric illness or disability.

Geschwister wollen Aufmerksamkeit, sie lieben sich, sie hauen sich - und treiben uns Eltern Schweißperlen auf die Stirn. Bindungsorientiert erziehen, Nähe zu jedem einzelnen Kind und auch zwischen den Geschwistern aufbauen, das ist eine besondere Herausforderung in Familien. Wie geht man mit der Geschwisterkrise nach der Geburt um, wenn Eifersucht und Trotzanfälle des größeren Kindes fast unausweichlich sind? Was können wir Eltern tun, damit sich jedes Kind in der Familie gesehen fühlt, ohne uns selbst dabei im Alltagschaos zu verlieren?

There's a myth out there that good relations between brothers and sisters do not include conflict, annoyance, disagreement, or mixed feelings. Jane Isay believes this is a destructive myth, one that makes people doubt the strength of the connection with their siblings. Brothers and sisters may love and hate, fight and forgive, but they never forget their early bonds.

Donna Turner is an urban mother from California sent to prison for almost a decade for a crime she didn't commit. After her release, she began a search to locate her children. On her journey, she discovers pain, heartache, romance, and true love, while trying to determine which paths to cross. A Mother's Torn Toe will keep you on the edge of your seat, from beginning to end. Sit back, and enjoy A Mother Torn Toe: The Donna Turner Story.