Guarding the Moon: A Mother's First Year
by Francesca Lia Block
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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.Tags
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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 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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Francesca Lia Block was born in Los Angeles, California on December 3, 1962. She graduated from the University of California Berkeley and wrote her first book, Weetzie Bat, while a student there. It was published in 1989. Her other young adult works include Baby Be-Bop, Violet and Claire, How to (Un)cage a Girl, and The Waters and the Wild. She is show more also the author of the Weetzie Bat series. She has won several awards including the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Library Association in 2005 and the Phoenix Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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