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The Magic of Motherhood: The Good Stuff, the Hard Stuff, and Everything In Between Kindle Edition

by Ashlee Gadd (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 881 ratings
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Are you an imperfect, trying-her-best mom? If you're over reading parenting advice, The Magic of Motherhood should be your next read. Motherhood can often feel overwhelming and isolating. Your feelings swing between joy and uncertainty, intense love and anxiety, laughter and tears. Ashlee Gadd and the writers behind the popular blog Coffee + Crumbs have written a beautiful reminder of your identity, both as a woman and a mother.

The Magic of Motherhood is a curated collection of honest stories weaving together the love, joy, and magnificent heartache of motherhood. Instead of offering advice, the writers offer something even better: their hearts. You'll read essays about identity, adoption, body image, miscarriage, friendship, faith, and more.

After reading, mothers will:

  • Find joy in both beauty and mess
  • Discover a renewed strength and sisterhood
  • Be reassured that they are not alone
  • Want to gift this book on Mother's Day, birthdays, baby showers, National Best Friend Day, and other holidays

 

New and seasoned moms will enjoy The Magic of Motherhood. This book is a love letter to mothers everywhere. Essays from Ashlee Gadd of Coffee + Crumbs and its contributors will provide solidarity for all moms.

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“The Magic of Motherhood is not a parenting book; it is a partnering book. With beautiful prose and poetic hearts, Ashlee and her team come alongside every aching, weary, stretch-marked mother to whisper: You’re not alone in this. We’re here too. It’s kind of hard, isn’t it? It’s kind of magical, isn’t it? Both siren song and battle cry, this soulful collection of essays is a life-giving gift to mothers everywhere.” -- Erin Loechner, writer at DesignForMankind.com and author of Chasing Slow -- Erin Loechner

About the Author

Sarah Zimmerman is an actress and Audie Award-nominated narrator. She has performed on Broadway, in regional theaters across America, and in numerous guest-starring TV roles. She is a graduate of the Boston Conservatory and the Old Globe/USD.



Ashlee Gadd is a wife, mother, writer and photographer from Sacramento, California. When she's not dancing in the kitchen with her two boys, Ashlee loves curling up with a good book, lounging in the sunshine, and making friends on the Internet. She loves writing about everything from motherhood and marriage to friendship and faith. Running Coffee + Crumbs is her dream job, x 100.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01HAKH21C
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan; Illustrated edition (April 4, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 4, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 10478 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 238 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 881 ratings

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Ashlee Gadd is a wife, mother of three, and the founder of Coffee + Crumbs. When she's not working or vacuuming Cheerios out of the carpet, she loves making friends on the Internet, eating cereal for dinner, and rearranging bookshelves. Running Coffee + Crumbs is her dream job. You can find her online at www.ashleegadd.com.

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Friday afternoon I received this book👆🏻 that I had ordered from Amazon. I couldn't wait to start it! (I was excited about a book?!whaaat🙀). Not much of a book person so this was a little different for me. I was so absorbed in this book that it was only put down to give my daughter a bath, run to the store & for bedtime routine. I wish I would have known about it sooner,but now was almost perfect timing for me to read it. I needed everything I got from it, especially the reassurance that I am a great mother (to be truthful most of us aren't told enough) & even if we should know within ourself, we are all human & want to hear it from others as well. I know I'm not alone. I relate to so many other mamas out there (present & future). I felt so much connection almost as if I was reading my own life during parts of it. This book is AMAZING (I don't tend to choose that overly used/cheesy word, so when I do, I mean it). Highly recommend this book to every mama & mama to be! Thank me later🙃😘 & if you haven't been told lately, you all are great mamas (even when you don't have it all figured out)❤️ #TheMagicOfMotherhood 💫
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Joslin
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this for any season of motherhood
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2024
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Love this book, I got for gifts for all my mom friends.
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Julia Garza
5.0 out of 5 stars like holding the blog in your hands
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2017
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There have been so many blog-to-book deals over the past several years, but I'm not sure any have been quite as successful in navigating the transition as The Magic of Motherhood from the team behind the collaborative motherhood blog Coffee + Crumbs.

For one thing, the book looks and feels like a tangible version of the blog. It's a lovely hardcover, with a ribbon bookmark so you don't even have to dog-ear the pages to save your spot. Accompanying each essay is gorgeous minimalist photographs, just like on the blog. Even the paper it's printed on is great! Truly, this is a book that just looks and feels good to hold.

As for the essays themselves, longtime readers of the blog will find a few familiar stories from the authors (April Hoss' Bad Math and N'tima Preusser's When Love Feels Heavy are two), but most of the 33 essays in the book are as fresh as a newborn. And naturally, they are as beautifully written as you'd expect.

The ones that hit me right in the gut? Lesley Miller's This Time Around, about expecting her third (and probably last) child, although my feelings are probably heavily influenced by my own pregnancy hormones. I also loved Katie Blackburn's It's Their Day Too, on dealing with the frustrations of a day with small children that doesn't go according to your plan.

I don't think there's a mother around who won't find something that resonates in The Magic of Motherhood. Buy 10 copies and make it your go-to baby shower gift.

Reviewed from copy received from the publisher.
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Pamela R Hubbard
5.0 out of 5 stars Book of the year!
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2017
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You know you hold a treasure in your hands when the introduction brings you to tears. Ashlee Gadd and the Coffee & Crumbs writers have captured the complicated, multi-faceted essence of Motherhood in this beautifully bound and photographed book. Motherhood is often an isolating experience, one where survival and uncertainty abound. It’s all too easy to forget that every other mother is also experiencing what you are. In that sense, “The Magic of Motherhood” and Coffee & Crumbs have created a village of sorts, a safe place for mothers to be inspired and encouraged and to offer support to each other.

The prose in this book is breathtaking. Each sentence was crafted with care, and the emotion, imagery and metaphor flow off the page and into the heart of the reader. I am forever thankful for the vulnerability of the writers, for their willingness to use their gift to touch other hearts and lives.

I laughed and cried the whole way through and will be revisiting each and every essay many times with highlighter and journal in hand. The writers remind us that through it all, every failure and triumph, every fear and joy, it is God who has given us this calling and is carrying us through each challenge. Motherhood is hard behind description, but this book reminds us to lift our eyes to the One who pours out grace upon grace so then we can then model His love and grace to those He has entrusted us with.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I was not disappointed. One issue I've often had with bloggers that ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2017
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I'm a long-time reader of the Coffee + Crumbs blog, so I was thrilled to see they were coming out with a book. I was not disappointed. One issue I've often had with bloggers that write books is that there is too much repeat material in the book--it feels as though I've read everything already. This was not the case with The Magic of Motherhood. There were a few essays that had previously been published on the blog, but the majority were new, and the ones that were repeated in the book were essays that I love and was grateful to have in print.

I've found in my own experience with reading about motherhood that writers are frequently overly sentimental or overly harsh. One of my favorite things about The Magic of Motherhood is that it doesn't shy away from the difficulties that surround motherhood, but it also presents the beauty and joy that come with it. The writers have been incredibly vulnerable in these essays, sharing things that I think most mothers think and feel but don't always share with the world. Reading this book, I felt as if I was not alone and that I was encouraged by a team of women walking the same path.

The writing is thoughtful and well crafted--no sloppiness here.The book itself is lovely from an aesthetic standpoint, with beautiful photographs and a ribbon bookmark. I will be purchasing this for many baby showers and Mother's Days in the future!
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Kristin A
5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of stories equally beautiful, uplifting, heartbreaking, encouraging and funny
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2017
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I found the Coffee and Crumbs blog one night, around 3 a.m., almost 23 months ago. I was wide awake but exhausted – physically, mentally, emotionally – from the amazing highs of life with a newborn. I was overjoyed but also terrified that something would go wrong. In those small hours of the night, when no person should be awake, I discovered a whole new cosmos of the world wide web – parenting advice. How to sleep train by 6 weeks. Why I should co-sleep. Babies need a schedule and discipline. Free range parenting is best. Each new thing I read contradicted another, equally compelling article. I was obsessing over answers to questions I didn’t even know I had.

And then I stumbled upon a story. It didn’t tell me how to get my baby to sleep. Or what type of baby food I should make in six months (but not a second before then!) But it helped me more than any advice article could.

The Magic of Motherhood is a collection of stories equally beautiful, uplifting, heartbreaking, encouraging and funny. More than that, many of these stories are my story. Or probably will be one day. Or my best friend's story. Or the neighbor down the street. Motherhood truly is magical in its way to connect us.

Plus, this hardcover with ribbon placeholder is absolutely dreamy (and small enough to toss in a diaper bag or purse).
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Bonnie P.
4.0 out of 5 stars No page marker
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2018
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I love his book! I love it so much I ordered this one for a gift for a friend who is expecting. One thing that I liked about the book itself (not the content but the book) was the satin ribbon page marker to hold my place. However, this one did not come with the satin ribbon page marker. I should have just gotten it from Target, which is where I got mine originally.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2018
I love his book! I love it so much I ordered this one for a gift for a friend who is expecting. One thing that I liked about the book itself (not the content but the book) was the satin ribbon page marker to hold my place. However, this one did not come with the satin ribbon page marker. I should have just gotten it from Target, which is where I got mine originally.
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Flaviu
5.0 out of 5 stars A really nice book!
Reviewed in Spain on December 7, 2020
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It arrived a bit late, but i live in spain so yeah. The book really easy to read and really hopeful! A really good idea to give to a new mama to be😊
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Holly B
5.0 out of 5 stars The perfect gift for any mom, or mom-to-be!
Reviewed in Canada on April 11, 2017
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I started reading the Coffee + Crumbs at the very beginning and I was thrilled when I heard the ladies behind the blog were working on a book! “The Magic of Motherhood” contains some of the best essays from the blog as well as new stories, each of which offers wisdom, encouragement, comfort, and understanding. The writers are genuine, authentic, vulnerable, and likeable – I felt like I was sitting around the coffee table with a group of friends, sharing stories, as I read this book! Read with a box of Kleenex and a journal handy! I bought a copy for myself, then another six for my sisters and best friends!
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MJxx
5.0 out of 5 stars Can’t wait to give it as a present
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 5, 2018
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Bought it for a friend of mine - first time mum to be. I know she will love it!
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Susan Jane Wheeler
5.0 out of 5 stars Reassuring and enlightening.
Reviewed in Canada on November 16, 2020
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A beautiful book that I will definitely read over again. I feel like the contributors wrote as friends, giving much needed advice and reassuring me that I'm not alone in these feelings. It also strengthened my faith in these very trying times, and helped me remember that sheer holiness of being a Mom.
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Fjh
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing . Perfect for any mom .:
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 10, 2020
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