Random House New Releases - Family & Relationships

Every Heart Restored by Mike Yorkey

2010-07-20T00:30:00-05:00

Every Heart Restored A Wife's Guide to Healing in the Wake of a Husband's Sexual Sin
Written by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
As told to Mike Yorkey

Trade Paperback, 336 pages | WaterBrook Press | Family & Relationships - Marriage; Religion - Christian Life | $15.99 | 978-0-307-45942-8 (0-307-45942-X)

School Days by Potter Style

2010-07-13T00:30:00-05:00

School Days A Keepsake Book for Pre-Kindergarten to 12th Grade
Written by Potter Style

Non-traditional book, 47 pages | Potter Style | Family & Relationships | $16.99 | 978-0-307-59092-3 (0-307-59092-5)

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International

2010-07-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Written by La Leche League International

eBook, 448 pages | Ballantine Books | Family & Relationships - Breastfeeding | $20.00 | 978-0-345-51845-3 (0-345-51845-4)

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International

2010-07-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Written by La Leche League International

Trade Paperback, 448 pages | Ballantine Books | Family & Relationships - Breastfeeding | $20.00 | 978-0-345-51844-6 (0-345-51844-6)

The Wisdom of Our Fathers by Tim Russert

2010-07-06T00:30:00-05:00

The Wisdom of Our Fathers
Written by Tim Russert

Trade Paperback, 480 pages | Random House Large Print | Family & Relationships - Fatherhood | $23.00 | 978-0-7393-7752-9 (0-7393-7752-3)

Your Baby's First Year by American Academy Of Pediatrics

2010-05-25T00:30:00-05:00

Your Baby's First Year Third Edition
Written by American Academy Of Pediatrics

Paperback, 736 pages | Bantam | Family & Relationships - Child Care | $7.99 | 978-0-553-59300-6 (0-553-59300-5)

This authoritative and invaluable volume from the organization representing the nation's finest pediatricians brings state-of-the-art answers to all your medical and parenting concerns. Here is sound, reassuring advice on baby care that covers everything from preparing for childbirth to family issues such as adoption and stepfamilies to age-appropriate toys. Here too is an indispensable guide to recognizing and solving common health problems during the first year, plus detailed instructions for coping with emergency medical situations.

Comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date, Your Baby's First Year includes:a month-by-month guide to your baby's first year that lets you know what to expect in terms of growth, behavior, and development a complete health encyclopedia covering injuries, illnesses, and other disabilities safety checks for home, outdoors, and cars, with crucial new information on air bag safety and infant car seats coverage of breastfeeding techniques and benefits guidelines for choosing a child-care provider and much, much more. Warmly-written and accessible, yet encyclopedic in scope, this sourcebook guides parents through all aspects of caring for infants. This is advice that parents can trust, from the nation's leading specialists in pediatric medicine.

Cakewalk by Kate Moses

2010-05-11T00:30:00-05:00

Cakewalk A Memoir
Written by Kate Moses

Hardcover, 368 pages | The Dial Press | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Cooking; Family & Relationships - Family Relationships | $26.00 | 978-0-385-34298-8 (0-385-34298-5)

Cakewalk by Kate Moses

2010-05-11T00:30:00-05:00

Cakewalk A Memoir
Written by Kate Moses

eBook | The Dial Press | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Cooking; Family & Relationships - Family Relationships | $26.00 | 978-0-440-33838-3 (0-440-33838-7)

The Unhealthy Truth by Rachel Kranz

2010-05-11T00:30:00-05:00

The Unhealthy Truth One Mother's Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America's Food Supply-- and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself
Written by Robyn O'Brien and Rachel Kranz

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Broadway | Family & Relationships - Parenting | $14.99 | 978-0-7679-3074-1 (0-7679-3074-6)

Robyn O’Brien is not the most likely candidate for an antiestablishment crusade. A Houston native from a conservative family, this MBA and married mother of four was not someone who gave much thought to misguided government agencies and chemicals in our food—until the day her youngest daughter had a violent allergic reaction to eggs, and everything changed. The Unhealthy Truth is both the story of how one brave woman chose to take on the system and a call to action that shows how each of us can do our part and keep our own families safe.

O’Brien turns to accredited research conducted in Europe that confirms the toxicity of America’s food supply, and traces the relationship between Big Food and Big Money that has ensured that the United States is one of the only developed countries in the world to allow hidden toxins in our food—toxins that can be blamed for the alarming recent increases in allergies, ADHD, cancer, and asthma among our children. Featuring recipes and an action plan for weaning your family off dangerous chemicals one step at a time The Unhealthy Truth is a must-read for every parent—and for every concerned citizen—in America today.

Bad Mother by Ayelet Waldman

2010-05-04T00:30:00-05:00

Bad Mother A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
Written by Ayelet Waldman

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | Anchor | Family & Relationships - Motherhood; Humor | $14.95 | 978-0-7679-3069-7 (0-7679-3069-X)

In the tradition of recent hits like The Bitch in the House and Perfect Madness comes a hilarious and controversial book that every woman will have an opinion about, written by America’s most outrageous writer.

In our mothers’ day there were good mothers, neglectful mothers, and occasionally great mothers.

Today we have only Bad Mothers.

If you work, you’re neglectful; if you stay home, you’re smothering. If you discipline, you’re buying them a spot on the shrink’s couch; if you let them run wild, they will be into drugs by seventh grade. If you buy organic, you’re spending their college fund; if you don’t, you’re risking all sorts of allergies and illnesses.

Is it any wonder so many women refer to themselves at one time or another as “a bad mother”? Ayelet Waldman says it’s time for women to get over it and get on with it, in a book that is sure to spark the same level of controversy as her now legendary “Modern Love” piece, in which she confessed to loving her husband more than her children.

Covering topics as diverse as the hysteria of competitive parenting (Whose toddler can recite the planets in order from the sun?), the relentless pursuits of the Bad Mother police, balancing the work-family dynamic, and the bane of every mother’s existence (homework, that is), Bad Mother illuminates the anxieties that riddle motherhood today, while providing women with the encouragement they need to give themselves a break.

The Center of the Universe by Nancy Bachrach

2010-05-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Center of the Universe A Memoir
Written by Nancy Bachrach

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Family & Relationships - Family Relationships; Family & Relationships - Parent & Adult Child | $15.00 | 978-0-307-45541-3 (0-307-45541-6)

Nancy Bachrach is living in Paris, selling deodorant to the French, when a freak accident kills her father aboard his cabin cruiser, the aptly dubbed Mr. Fix It, in her incongruously named hometown of Providence. Her mother, Lola, the self-proclaimed “center of the universe,” whose medical history reads like the chapter headings of a psychiatric manual, lies in a coma “on death’s waiting list.” Nancy rushes home and sits by her mother’s ventilator—thinking about Sunny von Bülow and eyeing the plug. Thus begins a family reunion with her brother, Ben (a piano prodigy and eventual surgeon who was born with three thumbs), and sister, Helen (the wild child, now an “abnormal psychologist”).

This is a dark, hilarious tale of genius, madness, ineptitude, collateral damage, and hope—with an ending that’s improbable, as only the truth can be. Aching and tender, unflinching and wry, The Center of the Universe is a multi generational mother-daughter story—a splendid, funny, lyrical book about family, truth, memory, and the resilience of love.

From the Hardcover edition.

Keep Your Wives Away from Them by Miryam Kabakov

2010-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

Keep Your Wives Away from Them An Anthology of Writing by and about Orthodykes
Edited by Miryam Kabakov

Trade Paperback, 192 pages | North Atlantic Books | Religion - Sexuality & Gender Studies; Social Science - Jewish Studies; Family & Relationships - Mores | $16.95 | 978-1-55643-879-0 (1-55643-879-6)

Reconciling queerness with religion has always been an enormous challenge. When the religion is Orthodox Judaism, the task is even more daunting. This anthology takes on that challenge by giving voice to genderqueer Jewish women who were once silenced—and effectively rendered invisible—by their faith. Keep Your Wives Away from Them tells the story of those who have come out, who are still closeted, living double lives, or struggling to maintain an integrated "single life" in relationship to traditional Judaism—personal stories that are both enlightening and edifying. While a number of films and books have explored the lives of queer people in Orthodox and observant Judaism, only this one explores in depth what happens after the struggle, when the real work of building integrated lives begins. The candor of these insightful stories in Keep Your Wives Away from Them makes the book appealing to a general audience and students of women’s, gender, and LGBTQ studies, as well as for anyone struggling personally with the same issue. Contributors include musician and writer Temim Fruchter, Professor Joy Ladin, writer Leah Lax, nurse Tamar Prager, and the pseudonymous Ex-Yeshiva Girl.

Making a Baby by Britt Berg

2010-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

Making a Baby Everything You Need to Know to Get Pregnant
Written by Debra Fulghum Bruce, Samuel Thatcher, M.D. and Britt Berg

Trade Paperback, 416 pages | Ballantine Books | Family & Relationships - Child Care; Medical - Reproductive Medicine & Technology; Medical - Reference | $18.00 | 978-0-345-51877-4 (0-345-51877-2)

You may have waited a long time. You may have tried and tried.
Now your chances of having a baby are better than ever!

There have been remarkable advances in fertility technology and choices in the last few years, with pregnancy success rates skyrocketing. Now Making a Baby provides the information you need to become your most fertile--and increase your chances for having the baby you've always wanted. Up-to-date, comprehensive, written with compassion and clarity, this book reveals how to protect, increase, and extend your fertility, with essential information on:

- The optimal frequency, timing, and sexual positions for getting pregnant
- Surprising new findings on which foods and exercise programs boost fertility--and which ones actually decrease your chances
- Advances in baby-boosting medications--and a complete assessment of risks, costs, and alternatives
- Breakthrough medical techniques that help achieve pregnancy without the risk of multiples
- Avoiding the common--and often hidden--threats to fertility at work, at home, and in public places
- Choosing the A.R.T. (assisted reproductive technology) that's right for you
- Special issues for midlife mothers
- What every man should know about his long-term reproductive health
- How to minimize emotional stress and keep your relationship strong
- How to work with your HMO to get the right treatments--at the right cost

This detailed, insightful, and meticulously researched book will help guide you to a wonderful new beginning as a parent!

The Sound of Hope by Rosie O'Donnell

2010-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

The Sound of Hope Recognizing, Coping with, and Treating Your Child's Auditory Processing Disorder
Written by Lois Kam Heymann
Foreword by Rosie O'Donnell

Hardcover, 256 pages | Ballantine Books | Family & Relationships - Parenting; Family & Relationships - Learning Disabilities | $25.00 | 978-0-345-51218-5 (0-345-51218-9)

The Sound of Hope by Rosie O'Donnell

2010-04-27T00:30:00-05:00

The Sound of Hope Recognizing, Coping with, and Treating Your Child's Auditory Processing Disorder
Written by Lois Kam Heymann
Foreword by Rosie O'Donnell

eBook, 224 pages | Ballantine Books | Family & Relationships - Parenting; Family & Relationships - Learning Disabilities | $25.00 | 978-0-345-51933-7 (0-345-51933-7)

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? by Laura Bennett

2010-04-13T00:30:00-05:00

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? A Mother's Guide to Sanity in Stilettos
Written by Laura Bennett

eBook, 208 pages | Ballantine Books | Humor; Family & Relationships - Parenting | $24.00 | 978-0-345-51937-5 (0-345-51937-X)

Laura Bennett is not a soccer mom or a PTA mom or a helicopter mom—and she’s certainly not mother of the year. Another breed of mother entirely, Laura is surely more Auntie Mame than June Cleaver. As a busy mother of six, Laura is on an impossible mission: raising a brood of fast-moving, messy, wild sons in the jungles of Manhattan. So what other choice does she have than to sit back, grab a martini, and let the boys be, er, boys?

In Didn’t I Feed You Yesterday?, Laura gives her irreverent take on modern motherhood and proves that a strong sense of humor and an even stronger sense of self are the mother’s milk of sanity. In a series of refreshingly candid and hilarious anecdotes, she unapologetically breaks every rule in the Brady Bunch playbook: She gives her kids junk food, plays favorites, and openly admits to having “a genetic predisposition to laissez-faire parenting.” Children, she observes, don’t need constant supervision from neurotic, perfectionist parents. Allow kids to make mistakes and entertain themselves and they’ll turn out just fine—even if you do sometimes forget to pick them up from school.

Beyond the mayhem of a life among males, Laura celebrates the glories of womanhood with a generous helping of wit and style. She gives thanks to the fashion gods for the essentials—red lipstick, Manolo Blahniks, and Lycra shapewear—but reminds us that true style comes from an inner compass that points directly at oneself. In every aspect of life, Laura gives one simple, powerful piece of advice: “Dress like you want it or stay home.”

Brutally honest, outrageous, and sure to raise a few eyebrows, Didn’t I Feed You Yesterday? is a riotously funny read—and it’ll go fabulously well with your new handbag.

From the Hardcover edition.

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? by Laura Bennett

2010-04-13T00:30:00-05:00

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? A Mother's Guide to Sanity in Stilettos
Written by Laura Bennett

Hardcover, 224 pages | Ballantine Books | Humor; Family & Relationships - Parenting | $24.00 | 978-0-345-51637-4 (0-345-51637-0)

The Marriage-Go-Round by Andrew J. Cherlin

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

The Marriage-Go-Round The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin

Trade Paperback, 288 pages | Vintage | Social Science - Sociology; Social Science - Sociology - Marriage & Family; Family & Relationships | $15.95 | 978-0-307-38638-0 (0-307-38638-4)

From one of the nation’s leading experts on the American family, a book that explores the state of marriage in America today; its evolution culturally; and with regard to religion and the law, how and why the present state of marriage—a merry-go-round of partnerships—developed, and the implications for parents and children.

During Andrew J. Cherlin’s three decades of study and analysis of family life, he came to see that marriage in the United States was different than in other Western countries—Western Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—in a way that no one was writing about. He realized that marriage in America, unlike in other countries in the world, was seen as a cultural idael, and the U.S. government was spending money to promote its continuation. The institution of marriage had become a social and political battlefield.

Cherlin writes that Americans marry more repeatedly and have more live-in partners; that marriage and remarriage, frequent divorce, and short-term cohabiting relationships have resulted in a core upheaval in American family life; and that American children have been left to cope with the frequent and disruptive comings and goings of parents.

He writes that Americans have come to embrace two contradictory models of personal and family life: marriage, a formal commitment to share one’s life with another; and individualism, which emphasizes personal growth and development. The former promotes a lasting relationship; the latter encourages one to move on. Each model is culturally reinforced by two basic, powerful institutions: religion and law.

Cherlin writes about the inconsistency of American religion and law with regard to family life. He argues that contemporary religion, although supportive of marriage, embraces the quest for self-development. And he makes clear that family law, which used to be centered on marriage, is today focused on the individual and his or her obligations to children.

He discusses the movement and civil struggle for same-sex marriage in America as opposed to in many European countries, where marriage is seen by gay couples as an oppressive heterosexual institution.

A fascinating book that illuminates the shifting nature of America’s oldest and most cherished social institution, the subject of intense and ever-increasing national debate.

From the Hardcover edition.

Mommy Money by Potter Style

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

Mommy Money 60 We O.U. Checks from Your Family
Written by Potter Style

Non-traditional book, 60 pages | Potter Style | Family & Relationships - Parenting | $9.99 | 978-0-307-45308-2 (0-307-45308-1)

My Baby Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

2010-04-06T00:30:00-05:00

My Baby Book A Keepsake Journal for Baby's First Year
Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Non-traditional book, 96 pages | Potter Style | Family & Relationships - Parenting | $16.99 | 978-0-307-46542-9 (0-307-46542-X)

Random House New Releases - Family & Relationships

Every Heart Restored by Mike Yorkey

Every Heart Restored A Wife's Guide to Healing in the Wake of a Husband's Sexual SinWritten by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker As told to Mike Yorkey

School Days by Potter Style

School Days A Keepsake Book for Pre-Kindergarten to 12th GradeWritten by Potter Style

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding Written by La Leche League International

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding by La Leche League International

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding Written by La Leche League International

The Wisdom of Our Fathers by Tim Russert

The Wisdom of Our Fathers Written by Tim Russert

Your Baby's First Year by American Academy Of Pediatrics

Your Baby's First Year Third EditionWritten by American Academy Of Pediatrics

Cakewalk by Kate Moses

Cakewalk A MemoirWritten by Kate Moses

Cakewalk by Kate Moses

Cakewalk A MemoirWritten by Kate Moses

The Unhealthy Truth by Rachel Kranz

The Unhealthy Truth One Mother's Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America's Food Supply-- and What Every Family Can Do to Protect ItselfWritten by Robyn O'Brien and Rachel Kranz

Bad Mother by Ayelet Waldman

Bad Mother A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of GraceWritten by Ayelet Waldman

The Center of the Universe by Nancy Bachrach

The Center of the Universe A MemoirWritten by Nancy Bachrach

Keep Your Wives Away from Them by Miryam Kabakov

Keep Your Wives Away from Them An Anthology of Writing by and about OrthodykesEdited by Miryam Kabakov

Making a Baby by Britt Berg

Making a Baby Everything You Need to Know to Get PregnantWritten by Debra Fulghum Bruce, Samuel Thatcher, M.D. and Britt Berg

The Sound of Hope by Rosie O'Donnell

The Sound of Hope Recognizing, Coping with, and Treating Your Child's Auditory Processing DisorderWritten by Lois Kam Heymann Foreword by Rosie O'Donnell

The Sound of Hope by Rosie O'Donnell

The Sound of Hope Recognizing, Coping with, and Treating Your Child's Auditory Processing DisorderWritten by Lois Kam Heymann Foreword by Rosie O'Donnell

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? by Laura Bennett

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? A Mother's Guide to Sanity in StilettosWritten by Laura Bennett

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? by Laura Bennett

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? A Mother's Guide to Sanity in StilettosWritten by Laura Bennett

The Marriage-Go-Round by Andrew J. Cherlin

The Marriage-Go-Round The State of Marriage and the Family in America TodayWritten by Andrew J. Cherlin

Mommy Money by Potter Style

Mommy Money 60 We O.U. Checks from Your FamilyWritten by Potter Style

My Baby Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

My Baby Book A Keepsake Journal for Baby's First YearWritten by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Every Heart Restored A Wife's Guide to Healing in the Wake of a Husband's Sexual Sin
Written by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker
As told to Mike Yorkey

School Days A Keepsake Book for Pre-Kindergarten to 12th Grade
Written by Potter Style

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Written by La Leche League International

The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
Written by La Leche League International

The Wisdom of Our Fathers
Written by Tim Russert

Your Baby's First Year Third Edition
Written by American Academy Of Pediatrics

Cakewalk A Memoir
Written by Kate Moses

Cakewalk A Memoir
Written by Kate Moses

The Unhealthy Truth One Mother's Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America's Food Supply-- and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself
Written by Robyn O'Brien and Rachel Kranz

Bad Mother A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
Written by Ayelet Waldman

The Center of the Universe A Memoir
Written by Nancy Bachrach

Keep Your Wives Away from Them An Anthology of Writing by and about Orthodykes
Edited by Miryam Kabakov

Making a Baby Everything You Need to Know to Get Pregnant
Written by Debra Fulghum Bruce, Samuel Thatcher, M.D. and Britt Berg

The Sound of Hope Recognizing, Coping with, and Treating Your Child's Auditory Processing Disorder
Written by Lois Kam Heymann
Foreword by Rosie O'Donnell

The Sound of Hope Recognizing, Coping with, and Treating Your Child's Auditory Processing Disorder
Written by Lois Kam Heymann
Foreword by Rosie O'Donnell

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? A Mother's Guide to Sanity in Stilettos
Written by Laura Bennett

Didn't I Feed You Yesterday? A Mother's Guide to Sanity in Stilettos
Written by Laura Bennett

The Marriage-Go-Round The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today
Written by Andrew J. Cherlin

Mommy Money 60 We O.U. Checks from Your Family
Written by Potter Style

My Baby Book A Keepsake Journal for Baby's First Year
Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal