Guarding the Moon: A Mother's First Year

by Francesca Lia Block

Hardcover, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Collection

Publication

HarperResource (2003), Edition: 1st, Hardcover, 182 pages

Description

The author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Weetzie Bat books offers a compelling celebration of the first year of her child's life. Guarding the Moon chronicles the joys and terrors of motherhood, from the early stages of the author's pregnancy through her baby's first birthday. This unique but far-reaching story makes for a gem of a book.

User reviews

LibraryThing member deadgirl
I read this during the 7th month into my pregnancy. It's a relief to be reading a "story" on giving birth and having a child (I've been reading all the handbooks and manuals and self-help books), and the author wrote beautifully with her usual magical and whimsical style. She turned the story of
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motherhood into a fairytale while still managing to include the frightful parts like sleepless nights and illnesses and a total change in lifestyle. I loved it.
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Physical description

182 p.; 7.24 inches

ISBN

0066213673 / 9780066213675
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