Five books to gift mom this mother's day
With just two days to go to Mother's Day, online searches about which gift to get mom have increased significantly. Mother's Day is a day which is celebrated every year in May, in honour of mothers from all walks of life and the role they play in juggling work, family and children. This year though, given the current global pandemic and global lockdowns, things are going to be slightly different from the usual Mother's Day celebrations.
In a time, when social distancing is the new normal and where public gatherings, spas, salons, and eateries are prohibited from operating, the only perfect gift you can offer mom is a perfect book on motherhood. Below is a list of five best must-read, bestselling books about motherhood and parenting.
1. The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molly
A lovely must-read book about new moms who meet up twice a week to share their experiences (joys and struggles) of being new moms.
Available at Loot Online Shopping for R225
2. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This powerful read is for mom's raising baby girls, and in the process, empowering them to become strong, resilient, and independent women. This book about feminism was written as a letter to a friend.
Available at Loot Online Shopping for R216
3. Happiness: The Crooked Little Read to Semi-Ever by Heather Harpham
A moving memoir in which Heather Harpham writes about her unplanned and unexpected pregnancy which led to the splitting up from her partner, Brian. The cause of the split-up is, she wants to be parent, however, her partner Brian does not. But things change when her daughter is born with a life-threatening disease, and Brian returns as the two puts heads together and try to figure out how to help their daughter survive.
Available at Loot Online Shopping for R362
4. Stuck in the Middle With You: Parenthood in Three Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan
A remarkable story about a woman who began parenthood journey as a man. The transgender mom describes her experiences of parenting both as a woman, a man, and parenting in the midst of her gender switch.
Available at Loot Online Shopping for R354
5. Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
A moving memoir about the relationship between Maya Angelou and her mother, Vivian Baxter. In this book, Angelou writes about her mom — a woman with a larger-than-life personality who had abandoned her for many a time, but also a woman who she credits for her success.
Available at Exclusive Books for R200
