Publisher's Synopsis
SERVED UP ESPECIALLY FOR MOMS AND DADS, THIS LATEST BATCH OF CHICKEN SOUP CELEBRATES THE JOYS AND CHALLENGES OF PARENTHOOD. CERTAIN TO APPEAL TO ALL PARENTSWHETHER YOU RE EXPECTING OR RAISING YOUR FIRST CHILDREN, INTHETRENCHES VETERANS OR EMPTYNESTERS THIS DELIGHTFUL CHICKEN SOUP BOOK OFFERS A COLLECTION OF INSPIRING AND ENTERTAINING STORIES THAT RELATE TO THE TRIUMPHS, TRIBULATIONS, CHALLENGES AND JOYS OF RAISING A FAMILY. CHAPTERS INCLUDE: THE JOYS OF PARENTING; A MOTHER S LOVE; A FATHER S LOVE; SPECIAL CONNECTIONS; SPECIAL MOMENTS; INSIGHTS AND LESSONS; OVERCOMING OBSTACLES; SURVIVING LOSS; ACROSS THE GENERATIONS; AND LETTING GO. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CELEBRITY AND "ORDINARY" PARENTS ALIKE, EACH STORY SPEAKS TO THE RANGE OF EMOTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF ALL TYPES OF PARENTSSINGLE PARENTS, FOSTER PARENTS, PARENTS OF ADOPTED CHILDREN, OR PART OF A TWOPARENT FAMILY WITH BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN. BY SHARING THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS, THIS BOOK OFFERS INSPIRATION AND ADVICE TO PARENTS GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME; PROVIDES REASSURANCE TO THOSE WHO WORRY THAT THEY RE NOT LIVING UP TO THE SUPERMOM OR SUPERDAD IDEAL; AND SHARES A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW WHY BEING A PARENT IS SUCH A WORTHWHILE AND REWARDING VOCATION. THIS BOOK IS A MUSTREAD FOR ANY PARENT OR PARENTTOBE! अत्यंत नित्यनेमाच्या (अतिपरिचयात...) नात्यामध्ये इतके सूक्ष्मातिसूक्ष्म कंगोरे असतात, हे यातल्या कथांमुळे लक्षात आलं. एखाद्या साध्यासुध्या कृतीचा फारसा विचार केला जात नाही; पण या कथांमध्ये अत्यंत मौल्यवान' असा सखोल विचार मांडलेला दिसतो. प्रत्येक कथेला बहाल केलेली कोटेशन्स' चिरकाल स्मरणात ठेवण्यासारखी आहेत. खरोखरंच अतिपरिचयात... पुढे अवज्ञा असं लिहिण्याऐवजी या अतिपरिचयातल्या नात्यामधले लोभस भाव' प्रकट करणाया या कथांना सलाम' करावासा वाटतो.
