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Publisher:
HarperResource |
Release
Date: April 15, 2003 |
ISBN:
0066213673 |
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Format
Reviewed: Hardcover |
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Genre:
Nonfiction / General / Mother's Day |
Reviewed:
2003 |
Reviewer:
Brenda Weeaks |
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Guarding
the Moon
A Mother's First Year
By Francesca
Lia Block
Guarding
the Moon is a refreshing look at motherhood in which children
and young adult author, Francesca Lia Block, expresses how she began
to see the world in a fresh, sometimes startling, new light.
Block
gives her fans, along with a new group of readers (mothers), an
insight into her first year as a mother. Her words flow effortlessly
as she shares giving birth and caring for her new baby, whom she
has dubbed "the moon." The author also expresses how she
felt going through the changes in her life and her body. She also
writes about the things that were happening in her life during that
year.
"I
feel as if I have been called on to guard the moon herself. A
moon with dimples and a tiny crooked grin. A moon with the sweetest
scent emanating from the soft spot on the top of her round head-a
smell sweeter than honey or flowers. How do you do this? How do
you safely carry the moon around on this earth?"
In diary-like
fashion with sections titled after the moon's various placements
(New, Crescent, Dark and Light, Half, Full), Block talks about life
and motherhood. Readers will learn a bit more about Block's personal
life as a new parent and a pet owner. Her words are poetic and sometimes
colorful, most of all they are as pure and honest as the baby moon
she is guarding.
Guarding
the Moon is a wonderful gift for mothers of all generations
and an extra special gift for expectant mothers.
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