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La Madre/Desmadre

Motherhood is messy. This list is a range of books about motherhood (and non-motherhood) in all forms.

Pima County Public Library

18 items

  • A classic novel.
    BookNueva York : Vintage Español, una división de Peguin Random House LLC, 2017. — 92 AL547p 2017 Espanol
  • A powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and The Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. — Fiction Santiago
  • Motherland

    the Disintegration of a Family in a Collapsed Venezuela : a Memoir

    Ramon, Paula
    BookSeattle : AmazonCrossing, 2023. — 987.0642 R1471m 2023
  • Ain't That a Mother

    Postpartum, Palsy, and Everything in Between

    Nelson, Adiba
    BookAshland, OR : Blackstone Publishing, 2022. — 92 N3311a 2022
  • With striking prose and vivid characters, the multi-award-winning Pink Slime offers profound reflections on motherhood, marriage, and caregiving, set against the backdrop of a crumbling city.
    eBookScribe Publications Pty Ltd, 2023
  • A sweeping, masterful debut about a daughter's fateful choice, a mother motivated by her own past, and a family legacy that begins in Cuba before either of them were born.
    BookNew York : Flatiron Books, 2021. — Fiction Garcia
  • Alejandra's story is interspersed with the stories of her foremothers, whose trauma attracted a demonic spirit that has followed the women of her family through the ages.
    BookNew York : Del Rey, [2023] — Fiction Castro
  • In Vitro

    on Longing and Transformation

    Zapata, Isabel, 1984-
    BookMinneapolis : Coffee House Press, 2023. — 618.17805 Z176i 2023
  • Streaming VideoWomen Make Movies, 1985. — Streaming Video
  • In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense and ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy.
    BookNew York : World Editions, 2020. — Fiction Quintana
  • Empty Houses is a kaleidoscopic inquiry into contemporary Mexico and a provocative exploration of motherhood.
    eBookDaunt Books, 2021