Cover of Guarding the Moon: A Mother's First Year

Guarding the Moon: A Mother's First Year

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.

Subject
biography
Themes
parentingmothers
Setting
20th centuryUSA
Audience
childrensyoung adult

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