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Author
Publisher
Books4pocket
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"En el Quebec de los años 50, franceses e ingleses se toleran a duras penas; tal como sucede entre los padres de Maggie. El padre de Maggie es un angloparlante con grandes ambiciones para su hija que no incluyen un matrimonio con Gabriel Phénix, un joven francés y pobre que vive en la granja de al lado. Sin embargo, el corazón de Maggie le pertenece por completo. Cuando queda embarazada a los quince años, sus padres la obligan a dar a la pequeña...
302) My one and only duke
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Series
Language
English
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"Grace Burrowes introduces us to the unconventional Wentworth family in this charming Regency romance with a Cinderella twist. A funny thing happened on the way to the gallows... One minute, London banker Quinn Wentworth is facing execution. The next, he's declared the long-lost heir to a dukedom. Quinn has fought his way up from the vilest slums, and now he's ready to use every dirty trick he knows to find the enemy who schemed against him. There...
303) Ted 2: unrated
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
304) Quinceañera
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
Español
Description
On the evening before Magdalena's 15th birthday, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Forced to leave her house, she finds a new family with her uncle and gay cousin.
305) Baby mama
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Kate is a successful and single businesswoman who has long put her career ahead of a personal life. At 37, she's finally determined to have a child on her own. Unable to get pregnant, a driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. After learning that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode. She reads childcare books, baby-proofs the apartment and researches top pre-schools. But, Kate's...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Common Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The Joy of Pregnancy reflects this positive spirit by emphasizing what's normal, fun, and even funny about pregnancy. In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition of her path-breaking book, author Tori Kropp covers recent advances in medical knowledge and changes in typical hospital procedures. The Joy of Pregnancy's month-by-month format provides the essential information that expectant parents crave: how the baby is developing, how the...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"North Carolina, 1960s. Lorraine has it all -- the boyfriend, the good grades, the white picket fence, the ambition to become the first woman astronaut. But when she-the darling girl-next-door-becomes pregnant, she learns that love is conditional and ambition has its limits. In an effort to hide their daughter's secret shame, her parents send her away to a maternity home -- a common solution for "wayward" girls during that time period. Lorraine soon...
308) The untelling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aria is no stranger to tragedy. Fifteen years ago, a family outing took the lives of her father and baby sister, leaving remaining members of this fractured family struggling with their own guilt — real and imagined. At twenty-five, Aria believes she can reinvent herself through her planned marriage with all its promise of a family of her own. Her infertility changes her life as swiftly and irrevocably as the urban landscape around her. With
...Publisher
Carroll & Brown
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Updated to reflect advances in prenatal and newborn care, a comprehensive guide for expectant mothers and fathers discusses the trimesters and birth process, labor preparation and care of the newborn, and medical treatments and procedures.
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Eve Hatch is pretty content with her life. Her apartment in Brooklyn is cozy, but close to her childhood best friend Willa, and far from her midwestern, religious upbringing where she always felt misunderstood. While her position as an administrative assistant at the Wildlife Federation of America is a dream-adjacent job, she's hoping her passion and hard work will help her land a more glamorous role where she could actually make a difference someday....
313) Someone to love me
Author
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
c1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Patrice's quiet life with her mother is disrupted when Patrice finds herself experiencing pregnancy and motherhood.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this practical and compassionate book, mothers will find a guide to managing their own well-being throughout pregnancy and parenthood. Topics include : prioritizing emotional health; setting boundaries and asking for help; making choices about birth, feeding, and parenting; getting good sleep; maintaining a relationship with your partner; and self care. Learn to trust your instincts and actually enjoy the hardest job you will ever love!
316) GETTING TO BABY: A FOOD-FIRST FERTILITY PLAN TO IMPROVE YOUR ODDS AND SHORTEN YOUR TIME TO PREGNANCY
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In this practical, step-by-step blueprint, fertility specialist Angela Thyer, MD, and reproductive health nutritionist Judy Simon, RDN, share the compelling research on how food supports fertility, what to eat more of and less of to support conception and healthy pregnancy, skills and manageable goals to make changing your diet easy, a ten-week plan for implementing dietary and lifestyle changes, and two weeks of sample recipes to help guide your...
317) Unexpected
Author
Series
Silver Creek (Maisey Yates) volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When a mix-up at the fertility clinic lands her with a hassle she didn't count on--a big, muscular hassle in a Stetson and cowboy boots--Kelsey, to appease the unexpected father of her baby, ends up in Silver Creek, Oregon, where she falls for the last man she ever expected.
318) Sugar & spice
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2001
Language
English
Description
When the A-squad cheerleading captain finds herself pregnant and in need of money, she and her friends dress up in costume to rob a bank. High school highjinx ensues.
Author
Publisher
The Dial Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"How do you know if you're ready to have a baby? How do you know if you might be pregnant? And how do you deal with peeing all the time and being hungry all the time and fielding well-meaning but kind of insulting advice and finding a doula and being dropped by your old friends and learning why it's called mom brain and not dad brain and spending half your life on hold with your insurance company and the tyranny of the milestones you're not meeting...
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Language
English
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"A dazzling debut novel from an exciting new voice, The Mothers is a surprising story about young love, a big secret in a small community--and the things that ultimately haunt us most. Set within a contemporary black community in Southern California, Brit Bennett's mesmerizing first novel is an emotionally perceptive story about community, love, and ambition. It begins with a secret. "All good secrets have a taste before you tell them, and if we'd...
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