6 Best nonfiction books like Seven Sisters for Seven Days: The Mothers' Manual for Community Based Postpartum Care by Michelle Peterson

Cover of Seven Sisters for Seven Days: The Mothers' Manual for Community Based Postpartum Care by Michelle    Peterson

Seven Sisters for Seven Days: The Mothers' Manual for Community Based Postpartum Care

By: Michelle Peterson

4.00

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

“This is a valuable book for pregnant women, doulas, grandmothers-to-be, and anyone working with mo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Seven Sisters for Seven Days: The Mothers' Manual for Community Based Postpartum Care by Michelle Peterson , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1) by Colm Tóibín

1. Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)

By: Colm Tóibín

3.72

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

Hauntingly beautiful and heartbreaking, Colm Tóibín's sixth novel, Brooklyn, is set in Brooklyn and… read more

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"Some people are nice and if you talk to them properly, they can be even nicer."

-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)

"And she wondered then if she herself were the problem reading malice into motives when there was none intended"

-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)

"It struck her that he might have told no one, not even his brothers, how he felt, and she thought how lonely that might have been for him."

-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)

"She thought it was strange that the mere sensation of savouring the prospect of something could make her think for a while that is must be the prospect of home."

-Colm Tóibín, Brooklyn (Eilis Lacey, #1)

Cover of Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities by Jessica Mills, Victoria Law, China Martens, Diana Block, Tomas Moniz, Jennifer Silverman, Lisa Gray-Garcia, None, None, None, None, Ramsey Beyer, David  Gilbert

2. Don't Leave Your Friends Behind: Concrete Ways to Support Families in Social Justice Movements and Communities

By: Jessica Mills , Victoria Law , China Martens , Diana Block , Tomas Moniz , Jennifer Silverman , Lisa Gray-Garcia , None , None , None , None , Ramsey Beyer , David Gilbert

4.09

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A collection of suggestions, tips, and narratives on ways everyone can support parents, children, a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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3. The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

By: Amely Greeven , Heng Ou , Marisa Belger

4.13

Format: 260 pages, Hardcover

The first 40 days after the birth of a child offer an essential and fleeting period of rest and rec… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

By: Colm Tóibín

3.82

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more

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5. The Secret Book of Flora Lea

By: Patti Callahan Henry

4.07

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

When a woman discovers a rare book that has connections to her past, long-held secrets about her mi… read more

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"The heart can hold much joy and great sorrow at the same time. It's a mystery. And it's also true."

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

"What a fairy tale is meant to do," she said, "if it's meant to do anything at all, Tolkien says, is give us new perspective on our world, the consolation of a happy ending. A recovery of sorts. Like …"

-Patti Callahan Henry, The Secret Book of Flora Lea

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6. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

By: Priya Parker

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A transformative exploration of the power, purpose, and benefits of gatherings in our lives: at wor… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Chill" is a selfishness disguised as kindness"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Good controversy is much more likely to happen when it is invited in but carefully structured."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"In a world of infinite choices, choosing one thing is the revolutionary act. Imposing that restriction is actually liberating."

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

"Barack Obama's aunt once told him, 'If everyone is family, no one is family.' It is blood that makes a tribe, a border that makes a nation. The same is true of gatherings. So here is a corollary to h…"

-Priya Parker, The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters

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7. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

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"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

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8. The Connellys of County Down

By: Tracey Lange

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

When Tara Connelly is released from prison after serving eighteen months on a drug charge, she know… read more

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9. Maiden to Mother

By: Sarah Durham Wilson

3.95

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

An initiation into wholeness and power for any woman ready to live with authenticity, follow her ow… read more

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  • nonfiction
"This is a society in which toxic patriarchal masculinity grooms us to stay terrified little girls who serve men and appease conflict and never build the confidence to listen to our inner wisdom."

-Sarah Durham Wilson, Maiden to Mother

"In Mother, our hearts break with compassion for ourselves and the world. And when our heart breaks, it expands to hold all of life. We can now hold ourselves and the other. In Mother, we learn to liv…"

-Sarah Durham Wilson, Maiden to Mother

"The Maiden archetype, like spring, like the waxing moon, is the healthy beginning phase of a woman's life -- but it becomes unhealthy when we stay trapped in it, not progressing, never developing int…"

-Sarah Durham Wilson, Maiden to Mother

"There are women who stay in the underworld through no fault of their own: it is a byproduct of a male-dominated society. It goes like this: If women are not initiated into Mother through rites of pas…"

-Sarah Durham Wilson, Maiden to Mother

Cover of Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Resilience, and Strength for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood by Britta Bushnell

10. Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Resilience, and Strength for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood

By: Britta Bushnell

4.46

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

As expecting parents, you’re bombarded with more information—and opinions—than ever about the “righ… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Birth doesn't ask you to be fearless. It asks you to be brave."

-Britta Bushnell, Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Resilience, and Strength for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood

"Birth, while transcendent, otherworldly, spiritual, and profound, is actually intense hard work that tests our ideas of what “spiritual"

-Britta Bushnell, Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Resilience, and Strength for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood

"When we enter the world of birth, we step across the threshold from the mundane to the sacred. Pregnancy and birth are a space between worlds — a liminal space — a place where you are no longer not a…"

-Britta Bushnell, Transformed by Birth: Cultivating Openness, Resilience, and Strength for the Life-Changing Journey from Pregnancy to Parenthood

Cover of Seven Sisters for Seven Days: The Mothers' Manual for Community Based Postpartum Care by Michelle    Peterson

11. Seven Sisters for Seven Days: The Mothers' Manual for Community Based Postpartum Care

By: Michelle Peterson

4.00

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

“This is a valuable book for pregnant women, doulas, grandmothers-to-be, and anyone working with mo… read more

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  • nonfiction

11 best-selling childrens books like The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Amely Greeven, Heng Ou, Marisa Belger

Transform Your Habits

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

Ina May Gaskin

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Birthing from Within: An Extra-Ordinary Guide to Childbirth Preparation

Pam England , Rob Horowitz

4.01

Transform Your Habits

Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond

Nancy Bardacke

3.75

Transform Your Habits

The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother

Amely Greeven , Heng Ou , Marisa Belger

4.13

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