Book Rec­om­men­da­tions

Ashley’s reading list

The books and poems Ashley recommends to readers of In Her Own Backyard.

Books

• This Isn’t What I Expected: Overcoming Postpartum Depression, by Karen Kleiman & Valerie Raskin
• Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, by Karen Kleiman
• You’ll Bounce Right Back, by Andrea Knox
• The Postpartum Depression Journal, by Rachel Rabinor
• The Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Workbook: The Guide to Surviving Your Emotions When Having a Baby, by Bethany Warren & Beth Creager Berger
• Healing from Reproductive Trauma: A Workbook for Survivors of Traumatic Infertility Journeys, Pregnancies, and Births, by Bethany Warren
• Unspeakable Losses: Healing from Miscarriage, Abortion and Other Pregnancy Loss, by Kim Kluger-Bell
• Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children, by Sarah Napthali
• Parental Mental Health: Factoring in Fathers, by Jane Honikman & Daniel Singley
• Before the Letdown: Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex and the Breastfeeding Mother, by Alia Macrina Heise
• Becoming Us: The Couple’s Guide to Surviving Parenthood and Growing a Family that Thrives, by Elly Taylor
• Tokens of Affection: Reclaiming Your Marriage After Postpartum Depression, by Karen Kleiman & Amy Wenzel
• And Baby Makes Three, by John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman
• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by John Gottman and Nan Silver
• The Happy Sleeper, by Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright
• How God Changes Your Brain, by Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman
• Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul, by Stuart Brown and Christopher Vaughan
• Rising Strong, by Brené Brown

Poems

• “Honey at the Table”, by Mary Oliver, from American Primitive
• “won’t you celebrate with me”, by Lucille Clifton, from The Book of Light