Mother’s Day memoir book giveaways!
by Rachel Sarah
Filed under Contests, Single Moms
If you were going to write a memoir, what would the title be?
Welcome to the theme of our very first Mother’s Day book giveaway at Singlemommyhood!
We couldn’t be more thrilled about this contest because a few single mom authors whom we admire a lot have offered to give away their books to YOU!
For starters, there’s one of our all-time favorite authors -- Mary Pols — whose memoir, Accidentally on Purpose will be out in paperback on May 5.
In Accidentally on Purpose, Mary gets pregnant after a one night stand she had with a cute 29-year-old whom she picked up at a Bay Area bar. Mary, the youngest of a large Catholic family from Maine, resolved to make a go at single motherhood — and, boy, has she!
Publishers Weekly says: “Candid and unaffected, Pols provides an important lesson about not being willing to compromise herself, and that being brave can bring the richest rewards.”
Elle adds: “It’s funny, intimate, wise, and real, and we get to root for fortysomething Mary, her twentysomething coparent, Matt, and their little son, Dolan, now four.”
Secondly, we’re giving away Amy Dickinson‘s Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them.
“Ask Amy” and frequent NPR contributor, Dickinson is giving away her memoir. Amy tells the tumultuous and often heartwarming story of her divorce and of raising her daughter, Emily, in her small hometown of Freeville, New York.
With the help of the wonderful women of her family, whom she has dubbed the Mighty Queens of Freeville, Amy is working to establish a new life for herself and her young child; it’s about life and the importance of love, family, and friendships.
Publishers Weekly says that “Dickinson’s irresistible memoir reads like a letter from an upbeat best friend.”
Lastly, Christine Coppa — who pens Glamour’s popular blog Storked! — is giving away copies of her just-published memoir, Rattled.
Christine details the night that she and her boyfriend of not-yet three months slept together. In straight-out honesty, she describes how she and “A” relinquished the condom.
One of our favorite lines early in the book is: “Penises should just come with condoms.”
Although both of our lives share many parallels to Christine’s –raising our kids solo without a father in the picture — she swiftly figured out how to fit a baby into her social lifestyle. (It took both of us a good many years and one of us is still figuring this out!)
She even had the wherewithal to realize early on that her little boy would also need role models. Her father and brothers stepped up to the plate for her — and Jack Domenic.
“Everyone seems to think he is my husband,” Christine writes about her brother, Carlo. “Carlo is the most prominent male figure in Jack’s life. He even changes poo diapers.”
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So, here’s the scoop: 15 of you will win a copy of one of these memoirs!
All you need to do is answer this question:
“If you were going to write a memoir, what would the title be?”
If you have a preference about winning a certain title, please note it, and we’ll do our best to make it happen.
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Funny you should ask since I’m working on that right now. I’m finding it hard to pick just one but for now will keep the title options to myself.
I’m so inspired by the single moms who have found success from writing their stories.
MindyMom’s last blog post..Thirty-nine Things
I’m a theatre person and there’s a song by Cy Coleman “I Must Be Doing Something Right.” It’s my new mantra!
Twitter @ macjohnston
I am going to borrow a line from a Maroon 5 song. My title would be “The Girl with the Broken Smile.”
The Girls:
The Real Life Party of Five
I would tell the story of how my four sisters and I managed –- without killing each other—after our parents died, each from cancer when we were teenagers. Through the craziness of the teen years, graduations, marriages, births, divorces, and deaths—and not always in that order– we each struggled to find our own way. Maybe we had to tear apart to come together again.
Our extended family of aunts, uncles, and cousins, younger than we are, called us “The Girls,” and they still do, even 25 years later.
Twitter @ aprilabtbalance
I’m going to have to go with what I picked for my 6 word memoir: Slowly but surely, finding my way…
April’s last blog post..JumpStart: Review and Giveaway
What a great giveaway and a really fun contest! I’m not entering but I wanted to share my favorite “single mom” book, one with a great title, Riding In Cars with Boys. Full disclosure: it’s written by a friend of mine, Beverly D’Onofrio.
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What a great question – I gave birth to my daughter shortly after my 17th birthday and my second daughter days away from my 19th birthday. 12 years later my memoir would have to be titled ‘From being a child to raising a child’
I’d LOVE “The Mighty Queens of Freeville”, which I didn’t previously know existed!
The title of my memoir would have to be, “Confessions of a Band Groupie: Marrying a Rockstar, Raising his Child and Picking up the Pieces Post-Divorce”.
Good question. I guess mine would be titled “How to raise your child alone and not bad mouth his father.” Pathetic I know, but that’s were I am right now. lol
I think mine would have to be “Dancing Through Motherhood” since my struggle has been the eclectic life of being a Tango instructor and Event promotor while also a single mom!
“The Chronicles of Supermom, featuring Wonderboy, X-man, and The Invisible Futureman”
“Rattled” would be my choice, but I’m not picky : )
Shannon, your title rocks!
I like “Me & My Shadow” Though I’m sure its already been copyrighted because its also a song.
“Daughter’s Child.”
“Recovering Wild Child”
“Born Barefoot”
“The Making of a Single Mom”
Hanna’s last blog post..Friday Checklist
“Gaining Baby, Losing Sanity: How Becoming A Mom Changed My Life” (with a humorous book cover, of course – I’m still sane, ya know)
Susan’s last blog post..Navigating and Negotiating in Single Parentland
‘I Have To Believe This Too Shall Pass’
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Wow, Shannon, I can see the movie in that title, too! “Confessions of a Band Groupie: Marrying a Rockstar, Raising his Child and Picking up the Pieces Post-Divorce.”
You mamas ALL rock!!
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Candace: wherever you are is the place to be. Actually, that sounds like a great title for a self-help book! “How to raise your child alone and not bad mouth his father.”
Twitter @ jenseeya
Mine would be “The best holiday souvenir that a girl ever had”
I’d call it Parenting Without A License of course
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something along the lines of ‘the prince who put magic in her belly…and how we grew up together on our own…” i’m writing a children’s story to ‘explain’ ‘his’ absence…
kristine’s last blog post..worn down- wanna get it up & get it on
Twitter @ teresa_coates
Mine is currently going by “Pho for Three.”
teresa
Pushing 40: How I became a mother after heartbreak, gay boyfriends, and 2 sperm donors
Mine shall be called “Don’t Look Back”.
Hanie’s last blog post..R.I.P. Mayoko
“Asian Single Mom”
“Single Mom Surviving The Bumpy Road”
or
“Single Mom Not Expecting the Expected”
I AM going to write a memoir someday. It’s on my lifelist. . .so it will be done.
My memoir would be called: Crossing the Line
Why? Because I’m always moving, crossing geographic borders. Because I’m always growing, crossing self-imposed boundaries. And? Just because.
I’d love a copy of Storked.
Thanks!
Mine would be “Evicted from Single. Moving into Single Mom.”
I say this because it all came so quick without any notice I went from single in the city fab to single in the city preggo! Being evicted is harsh but sometimes it’s a blessing to move in life even if it’s unexpected it means good changes are coming!
Life Lessons Learned After Fifty! or Fifty and Counting……..Backwards!
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‘Misfortune & misadventure: tales of how we wound up here, and still managed to thrive despite it all…’
Cheers & Good Luck! ‘VJ’
[Yes, it's my standard response too].
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Mine would be “And God Laughed…”
I’m a huge planner/control freak but my life is one big rollercoaster, from health issues to divorce to unexpected-but-great job changes. I would pick this memoir title because they say life is what happens when you’re making other plans and God laughs.
It’s out of our control and we just have to trust that it will all work out. Having my son taught me that and I’ve found myself releasing the need for control so much more with every passing year as his Mama.
PT-LawMom’s last blog post..Divided By Status
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Mine would be “And God Laughed…”
I’m a huge planner/control freak but my life is one big rollercoaster, from health issues to divorce to unexpected-but-great job changes. I would pick this memoir title because they say life is what happens when you’re making other plans and God laughs.
It’s out of our control and we just have to trust that it will all work out. Having my son taught me that and I’ve found myself releasing the need for control so much more with every passing year as his Mama.
PT-LawMom’s last blog post..36 Days In and the Ultimate Walk of Shame
Thanks Rachel and Hanna, I can see how fun it would be to make a movie with my title…I want to choose who plays ME though!
If I were were going to write a memoir, the title would be: What’s next after you’ve learned the lesson?
Renee’s last blog post..Giveaways around the Blogsphere
“Never alone but always lonely”
“What I would do over again”
karen’s last blog post..Facts about me
“Lost in Transition”
I would name mine, “Learning Curve : Single Motherhood while Finishing College.” or
“Through my Daughter’s Eyes”
I’m going to write this book one day…
Erin’s last blog post..Avoid
Oh wow- simple! Already have it!
“The Accidental Lesbians”
My very best-single-mommy friend and I are always saying we need to write a book about how we have survived our first 3 years of divorce together! My friend and I are constantly being mistaken for “an old lesbian” couple. I mean, why stop getting the “couples spa discount” just because your not married anymore?!
What an insight! Of course, don’t give anything up, especially spa discounts! Welcome to singlemommyhood!
I think my memoirs would have to be titled either:
“Doing the best I can with what I have”
or
“Adventures of an Unwitting Mother”
It all depends on the day and the mood!
I don’t think that I could write a memoir as great as the memoir I just finished… “Cornfield Heiress” by Errollynne Peters- this lady lived the most amazing life and then wen through a terrible bout with cancer…. no my life isn’t that interesting. however I would probably write a book about having to raise 3 children, graduating college, and basically having to do it alone- with a husband who has suffered too many health issues to count… would that be too “poor me?” probably shouldn’t write it
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