The Bitch Moms Book Club

This week, the Bitches tackled Rachel Yoder's raw, walloping, and divisive Nightbitch. Topics of discussion include Literary fiction, mental load, PPD, being judgmental of other mothers, projecting our own insecurities, creativity and motherhood, and whether children are worth it. Today's kid book is Miimi Maraal, Mother Earth by Melissa Greenwood

This week, the Bitch Moms present of their long-time favorites: Joanne Harris' Five Quarters of the Orange, a historical novel set in German-occupied France. Topics of discussion include generational differences in parenting, how children can be both terrible and motivating, the stupid insurance-based American healthcare system. Today's kids book is My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

This week, the Bitch Moms cover Steven Rowley's The Guncle, a book about a semi-retired actor uncle who is tasked with caring for his grieving niblings for a summer. Other topics discussed include children (and spite) as motivators, meeting kids in their weirdness, and the struggle of trying to decide when to take your kid in to the doctor or not. Kids books include Butterfly Child by March Majewski and The Moon over Star by Dianna Hutts Aston and Jerry Pinkney.

This week, the Bitch Moms delve into Anita Diamant's The Red Tent, a retelling of the Biblical tale of Jacob/Israel's daughter Dinah, through her eyes. Topics of discussion include reproductive rights, menstrual syncing, women's worth being tied to fertility, the King James Version, and women's stories lost to history. Children's book features are Snakes in Space by Kathryn Dennis and A Pocket Full of Kisses by Audrey Penn and Barbara L. Gibson

This week, the Bitch Moms welcome Sara Read, author of Johanna Porter is Not Sorry to the show. Kids' Book features this week are Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin and Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney Topics we hit in this episode: the genre of Women's Fiction, sex, reclaiming yourself after children, "free-range parenting," and how teens get a bad rap.

**Note: Due to the length of the book and the discussion it inspired, the episode was split in two. This is the second part. This week, the Bitches get into ⁠Educated, the bestselling memoir by Tara Westover⁠ chronicling her journey from the clutches of isolated extremist family to "worldly" PhD wielder. Topics discussed include: the harms of extremism, and potential harms of isolationism, purity culture and the perpetuation, the education system, the worth of college, and the power of people in your court. Today's kids book features ⁠The Stuff of Stars by Marian Dane Bauer and Ekua Holmes ⁠and ⁠We are Water Protectors by Carol Lindstrom and Michaela Goade⁠.

This week, the Bitches get into Educated, the bestselling memoir by Tara Westover chronicling her journey from the clutches of isolated extremist family to "worldly" PhD wielder. Due to the length of the book and the discussion it inspired, the episode was split in two. Topics discussed include: the harms of extremism, and potential harms of isolationism, purity culture and the perpetuation, the education system, the worth of college, and the power of people in your court. Today's kids book features The Stuff of Stars by Marian Dane Bauer and Ekua Holmes and We are Water Protectors by Carol Lindstrom and Michaela Goade.

*Special Episode Alert* This week, the Bitch Moms are joined by Diane Marie Brown, author of the novel Black Candle Women, A Read with Jenna pick. In this episode we discuss generational relationships, Voodoo and HooDoo, the futility of trying to control our children, and how GenZ is going to save us. The kids books featured this week are: Old Wood Boat by Nikki McClure and Smokey Night by Eve Bunting, David Diaz

This week, the Bitches tackle Jeannette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died, a book that had library wait times in a chokehold. General consensus is read it once, and never again. Or listen to our podcast. This week's kid's book is Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o and Vashti Harrison. Tangents including having interests separate from your children, not being best friends with your kid, and naming body parts properly. Content warning for this episode: various parental abuse, disordered eating.

In this episode, the Bitch Moms discuss Shonda Rhimes' Year of Yes. Shonda Rhimes is the creator of shows such as Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and Bridgerton. Topics discussed in this episode include saying yes to the things that scare you, saying no to the things that don't work for you, setting boundaries, using your kids an excuse to get out of stuff, motherhood as a job, and juggling. Today's kids book is Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard and James E. Ransom: https://bookshop.org/a/96184/9780395720776 Check out Big Little Feelings, a course to guide you through the toddler stage!