Resultados para "The Baby" en Mujeres

Each time she knelt to "catch" another wriggling baby - nearly 3,000 times during her remarkable career - California midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy and the world makes way for one more. With every birth, she encounters another woman-turned-goddess: Catherine rides out her labor in a car careening down a mountain road. Sofia spends hers trying to keep her hyper doctor-father from burning down the house. Susannah gives birth so quietly that neither husband nor midwife notice until there's a baby in the room.

Mary Creighton was just 15 when she found herself pregnant out of wedlock in 1960s Ireland. She dreamed of a happy life with her child, but that was shattered when she was sent away to Castlepollard - a home for mothers and their unborn babies. Stripped of their clothes and forced into gruelling work whilst pregnant, those who survived childbirth were made to force-feed their children for adoption into wealthy families. Babies were ripped out of their mothers' hands, but Mary refused to let that happen to her. She managed to escape only to later lose her beautiful daughter to social services and the meddling nuns....

As an only child reeling from the demolition of her parents’ toxic marriage, the New York City underground music scene offers a young Ali a different family of misfits and talented outsiders to belong to. She becomes the bass player for edgy band Speedball Baby, a decision that will take her around the world—from onstage at the legendary CBGBs to the red-light district of Amsterdam. She’s often the only girl in a broken-down tour van, being strip-searched at the Croatian border, chased by lunatics, and navigating the seedy underbelly of a male-dominated music scene.

Il diario shock di una prostituta minorenne. Un romanzo verità. Il diario inquietante e distaccato di una quattordicenne e delle sue esperienze estreme Non per denaro ma per noia: la sconcertante autobiografia di una quattordicenne Veronica ha un passato immorale. A soli quattordici anni, sconvolgendo all’improvviso la sua vita, entra a far parte di un mondo estremo, fatto di sesso sfrenato, fiumi di alcol, montagne di cocaina e di soldi. In brevissimo tempo, ribalta completamente tutte le regole che aveva seguito fino a quel momento.

Du kämpfst mit Selbstzweifeln, alten Wunden, Ängsten oder innerer Unruhe? Dann ist dieses Hörbuch für dich. "Bleib ruhig, Baby!" ist mehr als ein Erfahrungsbericht – es ist eine Einladung, dich selbst wiederzufinden. Mit berührender Ehrlichkeit erzählt Agnes J., wie sie ihre Angststörung überwunden und sich durch Vergebung und Selbstliebe ein neues Leben aufgebaut hat. Dieses Hörbuch macht Mut. Es zeigt dir, dass Heilung möglich ist auch wenn du dich verloren fühlst. Dass du deinen Schmerz nicht verstecken musst.

Step behind the curtains and into the extraordinary journey of a budding solo recording artist. In Baby Takes the Stage, the spotlight beckons, and the stage becomes both sanctuary and proving ground for a young talent destined for greatness. This captivating memoir offers a heartfelt glimpse into the exhilarating world of music, where dreams are woven into melodies and notes are the threads that bind mother and daughter.

Wendy Correa’s childhood is characterized by various traumas: the death of her father, emotionally distant siblings, a frequently neglectful mother, and a violent, alcoholic stepfather. After escaping that turbulent life, Wendy’s path of self-discovery takes her through Buddhism, meditation, plant medicine, yoga, Native American spirituality, 12-Step programs, and psychotherapy. Native American sweat lodge and vision quest ceremonies further strengthen her sobriety and mental well-being.

Ronnie Spector’s first collaboration with producer Phil Spector, “Be My Baby,” stunned the world and shot girl group the Ronettes to stardom. No one could sing as clearly, as emotively as Ronnie. But her voice was soon drowned out in Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound, and lost in Ronnie and Phil’s ensuing romance and marriage. Ronnie had to fight tooth and nail to wrest back control of her life, her music, and her legacy. And while she regained her footing, Ronnie found herself recording with Stevie Van Zandt, partying with David Bowie, and touring with Bruce Springsteen.

Angelina Moehlmann invites listeners to journey with her on a raw and emotional path to motherhood through adoption. Faced with the challenges of infertility, unexpected setbacks, and the overwhelming uncertainty of the adoption process, Angelina never gave up on her dream of becoming a mother. In this heartwarming memoir, Angelina shares the struggles, tears, and ultimate triumph of her adoption story, capturing the moments that made her stronger along the way.

A memoir culminating in a manifesto, Holding the Baby sets out to understand why we still treat early parenthood as an individual slog rather than a shared cultural responsibility. Tracing her own journey to the nadir of sleeplessness via social retreat and murderous rage, Frizzell draws on the latest research to explore: What effect does parenting have on your career? How can we make childcare affordable and fit for purpose? If parenting is so hard, why does anyone ever do it more than once?

“Absolutely not to be missed.” —Vogue A queer teen rebel escapes small-town Appalachia and becomes Los Angeles’s Renowned Lesbian Dominatrix in this searing and darkly funny memoir that upends our ideas about desire, class, and power. The dominatrix is the id of American femininity. She...

Hailed by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the greatest rock memoirs of all time, Be My Baby is the true story of how Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Ronnie Spector carved out a space for herself against tremendous odds amid the chaos of the 1960s music scene and beyond. With an introduction by Keith...

Just as anti-war leaders invite protestors en masse to the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the author, twenty-one and unmarried, discovers her pregnancy. The father, a young Black civil rights worker, is thrilled, but what about Gail’s family? Her devout Catholic mother tries to have her declaredmentally unstable. Her daughter is not only expecting a Black man’s child, but dropped out of college midsemester for reasons Gail can’t talk about.

Throughout the book, Alicia takes listeners on her transformative journey of overcoming these obstacles. She shares her moments of despair, but also her unwavering determination to never lose faith in God's plan for her life. With the support of her loving husband and a renewed sense of spirituality, Alicia discovers the strength to confront her doubts and find hope in the midst of darkness.

Teresa Strasser made her baby a spleen and some eyebrows. He got her a book deal. Everyone loves babies-and pregnant women-so TV and radio personality Teresa Strasser decided to use this obsession to her advantage. She came up with a way to provide for her newfound family and help other...

In Evolution of a Baby Boomer Joyce Fidler takes us on her journey as a record store owner and rock band singer who begins her adult years in the Bible belt where sex, drugs and rock & roll dominate her life. As she relocates to LaLaLand in her forties, she invites listeners to witness her unexpected transformation to a fruitful, productive citizen. Fidler's memoir traces the how and why of this metamorphosis including a divorce from a polyamorous marriage, separation from her teenaged children, with an eventual surrender to recovery from marijuana and alcohol addiction.

A New York Times bestseller! A collection of deeply personal conversations from award-winning actress and activist Laura Dern and the woman she admires most, her mother—legendary actress Diane Ladd. "A rich mixture of love, exasperation, nostalgia and resentment that will be familiar to anyone...

In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family’s daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love. Starting in 1975, Vietnam’s “boat...

"[Sarah Zaske] reads her fascinating book on contemporary German parenting with friendly confidence and a delightful curiosity about her discoveries while raising two young children in Berlin...Zaske's gift for narrative and her keen observations about German and American parenting make this a...

Magda Lopez, a fitness enthusiast and resilient Miami community contributor, lets her defenses down and delivers an honest account of how a story can bend you in ways that are prosperous, as opposed to breaking in bad.