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Nicole's avatar

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett, which was about mothering daughters who were on the edge of being independent.

Beartown by Fredrik Backman, which was very much a story about family and watching parenting decisions impacting the lives of the kids.

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Very excited to check out Wild Life and A Half-Built Garden — those sound right up my alley! Also, when I saw the Becky Chambers cover I first thought it was The Galaxy And The Ground Within because that has such a lovely motherhood and strangers-as-alloparents storyline, and then for a second I thought it was Record of a Spaceborn Few because that has some interesting motherhood stuff in it too. I didn’t realize until reading this post how often Becky Chambers writes about motherhood! But I do very much love the story of Jane and Owl so I’m glad you included it ❤️.

Highly highly recommend Margot’s Got Money Troubles — so funny and sweet and sad and just a really interesting, good depiction of young motherhood. Also Nothing To See Here, which technically doesn’t have any biological mothers in it but when has that ever stopped us Aunties.

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