What to Expect Gift Set: What to Expect When You're Expecting/What to Expect the First Year

What to Expect

by Arlene Eisenberg, Heidi Murkoff, Sandee E. Hathway

Say congratulations with the two bestselling parenting books presented together in one handsome gift set. Packaging What to Expect When You're Expecting with What to Expect the First Year --together with an astonishing 13.5 million copies in print--creates an instant 1,200-page reference library on pregnancy, childbirth, and baby's first year. Each book is trusted, reliable, and reassuring, thorough in approach, and always up-to-date. Together they'll guide every mother- and father-to-be through the 21 most important months in their lives as parents.

800 pages, Paperback

First published January 9, 1999

About the author

Arlene Eisenberg was an American author best known for co-authoring What to Expect When You're Expecting (1984), a groundbreaking guide often called the “bible of American pregnancy.” The book’s success led to the best-selling What to Expect series, which has sold over 34 million copies in 30 languages. Eisenberg began her writing career with her husband, Howard Eisenberg, after he encouraged her to write. Together, they published numerous books and articles. Following her death from breast cancer in 2001, their daughter Heidi Murkoff continued the series. The What to Expect Foundation was established in her honor to support low-income families. Eisenberg received multiple awards, including a posthumous Career Achievement Award from the American Society of Journalists and Authors in 2001.