false <![CDATA[It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg 1115463 1 The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked &#8212; aside from "When are you due?" &#8212; has got to be "Are you having a girl or a boy?" When author Andrea Buchanan was pregnant with her daughter, she was thrilled to be expecting a girl. Some people were happy for her; visions of flouncy pink dresses and promises of mother-daughter bonding were the predictable responses. Other people, though, were concerned: "Is your husband OK with that?" "You can try again." "Girls are tough." This mixed message led her to explore the issue herself, with help from her fellow writers and moms, many of whom had had the same experience. As she did in <i>It's a Boy: Women Writers on Raising Sons</i>, Buchanan and her contributors take on what it's really like to raise a child-in this case, a girl-from babyhood to adulthood.<br><br><i>It's a Girl,<i> is a wide-ranging, often humorous, and honest collection of essays about the experience of the mother-daughter bond, taking on topics like "princess power" ("Shining, Shimmering, Splendid"), adding a girl to a brood of boys ("Confessions of a Tomboy Mom"), dealing with a daughter's eating disorder ("The Food Rules"), and mothering "hardcore mini-feminists" ("Tough Girls"). 1102471 10 3 2006 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters total:40|5:15|4:12|3:7|2:6|1:0| 40 156 94 11 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 4 0 false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 11:54:21 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 12:06:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 5 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 23 10:27:34 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 10:28:32 -0700 2009 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 3 0 false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 20 18:34:47 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 02 22:10:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 3 0 false Tue Jun 16 19:03:23 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 19:04:24 -0700 2009 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 4 0 false Thu Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 18:18:12 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 11 11:16:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 19 17:13:20 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 17:15:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 3 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 26 01:11:24 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 01:13:06 -0800 2008 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 3 0 false Wed Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 20:04:37 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 20:02:52 -0800 2008 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 5 0 false Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 08 13:28:14 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 08 13:30:45 -0800 2007 1115463 1580051472 9781580051477 40 11 It's a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters 3.90 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181120907m/1115463.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1115463.It_s_a_Girl_Women_Writers_on_Raising_Daughters 5 0 false Mon Nov 03 13:31:24 -0800 2008 Wed May 28 17:28:42 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 13:31:24 -0800 2008 Short little essays by various mother-writers, my favorite kind of reading! 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