Being 'in the know' can be deadly. Joanie Brewer's three children mean the world to her, so when her youngest daughter is murdered, her darkest fears are realized. Joanie thinks she knows who killed her little girl, but her deadly obsession to make him pay threatens to destroy them all.

It's Jack's birthday and he's excited about turning five. Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real. Until the day Ma admits that there's a world outside.

From the author of the bestselling memoirs 'The Middle Place' and 'Lift' comes a compelling memoir about the true meaning of motherhood.

Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.

The doorbell rings, just days after my beloved husband?s sudden death. I don?t recognise the woman on our doorstep, with her buttery blonde highlights, a diamond bracelet identical to my own and a bouncing baby boy in her arms. As I show her inside, I notice her eyes grow wide as she takes in our spacious hallway, and the big squashy sofas that we all used to pile on. She glances at the silver-framed family photos and my little daughter hiding behind...

More than Nadja Spiegelman's father, Maus creator Art Spiegelman, and more than most mothers, hers - French-born New Yorker art director Francoise Mouly - exerted a force over reality that was both dazzling and daunting. As Nadja's body changed and 'began to whisper to the adults around me in a language I did not understand', their relationship grew tense. Nadja emerged with a deeper understanding of how each generation reshapes the past and how sometimes...

Using the newest research on human attachment and brain development, Terri Apter showcases five different types of difficult mother - the angry, the controlling, the narcissistic, the envious, and the emotionally neglectful - and reveals the patterns of behaviour seen in each type.

THEN: Madeleine lived for her children. She'd always believed she'd die for them too. But on the morning of her twins' tenth birthday, her love was put to the test when a killer knocked on their door and forced her to make a devastating choice: which child should live, and which should die - her son, or her daughter? NOW: Madeleine stands silent on the periphery of her fractured family, trying desperately to unravel why her world was so suddenly blown...

Exploring the lived experience of raising a child with a learning disability, through interviews with mothers of children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Down syndrome, this book also looks at experiences of working with professionals.

The comedic and lovable heroine, Agnes Browne, has a French lover, six children in their twenties - including one in prison - and a wee grandchild of her own. But the world is spinning fast for Agnes - especially considering that her lover wants her to become "a sexual animal" and that her family's far-flung fortune is beyond her control. The members of the Browne family split up to make it in the world on their own until a tragedy brings the brood...