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Chicken Soup for the Soul Power Moms
What exactly is a power mom?
Chicken Soup for the Soul highlights the power of choice that SAHM and WAHM’s exercise daily in their new offering, Chicken Soup for the Soul Power Moms: 101 Stories Celebrating the Power of Choice for Stay at Home and Work from Home Moms. The essays included highlight the fact that we have a lot of choices as moms, and will often move from one choice to another.
This anthology features some writers with whom many of you are familiar:
- Jodi Picoult
- Elise Chidley (Read my review of her novel Your Roots Are Showing)
- Barbara Curtis of MommyLife
- Heather Armstrong of Dooce
- Ann Voscamp of Holy Experience
- Lynne Spears, Liz Lange, and others
Novelists
Bloggers
and other power moms such as
I wouldn’t normally think about recommending this sort of book for a book club, but this one has questions for discussion, and I think that reading this book with a group of women in the same boat that you are in could open up a wonderfully honest and supportive conversation.
If you like Chicken Soup for the Soul books, keep your eye on the 5 Minutes for Books feed, because I will be featuring two other titles in a great Mother’s Day Giveaway (we’ll be giving away over $200 of books in April!).
We have three copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms to give away to a reader with a U.S. or Canadian address. Just leave a comment, and check next week’s column to see if you won (the contest is over).
The winners of last week’s book Everyone is Beautiful are #11 Shirley Rogers, #26 kris #153 Betty C.
This review was written by contributing editor Jennifer Donovan, who manages 5 Minutes for Books and blogs at Snapshot.
83 Comments
Would love to read this!
This book looks fantastic!
When I am in need of a boost or feeling blah, I like to read a couple articles in the Chicken Soup books and they inspire me to be a more positive individual.
I am a big fan of the Chicken Soup series and have read many of them (including the 1st, 2nd and 3rd helpings, Dog Lovers, the original “mom” version, both golf versions since I work in a golf course, plus a few others that I can’t remember off-hand). I am a huge fan of the inspirational stories and messages of hope and love. As a mom of 4, I definitely consider myself a “Power Mom” and would love the chance to read this book too! Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
Sounds like some good books
Please, enter me, great prize!!!
I love the chickensoup books.
I would love to read this book as well as have my mom read it. Chicken soup for the soul are great books.
I’ve read many of the other themed Chicken Soup For The Soul books and they’re wonderful, and I wonder what a book on this topic would bring!
THESE BOOKS ARE SO DOWN TO EARTH AND EASY TO GET LOST IN..A REAL TREASURE TO OWN OR GIVE AS A GIFT!
thanks!!
I love Chicken Soup books for the soul. They are so inspirational and down to earth. They really do help you put every part of your life in perspective.
Terrific
I love Chicken soup books and would really love to have a copy of this book.
What a wonderful prize!
I would love to read this!
I love all the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I would love to read this one. Thanks.
This book looks awesome Thanks for the chance
Great contest I would love to beable to read this book. Thank you for that chance
i would love to read this and pass to my friends!
I need to feed my wife’s reading addiction.
Happy Spring!
I think every Mom needs some inspiration from time to time. Thanks for a great contest.
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I’d love to read these
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
I love the Chicken Soup books, and would love to win this one. Thank you for the chance.
These are great books!
I love the “Chicken Soup” books.
i like Chicken soup books – sounds like a good one!
i wanna win
Nice prize! I would love to win! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
Please enter me
I would love to read these great inspirational stories.
“Chicken Soup” BOOKS ROCK ! I DO NOT HAVE THIS ONE!
I HAVE THE “Chicken Soup” FOR CAT LOVER’S VERY FUNNY & INSIGHTFUL!
THESE ARE VERY JOYFUL & UPLIFTING READS!