ISBN: 9798175133708 - Before You Remember: A Mother's Memoir of the First Wonder-filled Years (6 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Childhood disappears quietly. One ordinary day at a time. 'Mummy, are you OK ' Before he could remember, his mother was already writing it all down.Before You Remember began as a private diary written by Bu Huang Kong to her son, Joen. From two faint lines on a pregnancy test and the first flutter of movement to five millilitres of milk, sleepless nights, first words, fevers, school gates, small battles, and unexpected tenderness, she records the years her son himself may never remember.But this is not only the story of a child growing up. It is the story of a mother becoming, too.>Set within a bilingual family in Singapore-with a devoted French Bulldog named Goofy who was there before the baby arrived-these intimate letters capture a family growing together in real time. This is not a parenting manual, nor a portrait of maternal perfection. It is an honest record of two people growing at once: a little boy finding his footing in the world, and a woman finding her way as his mother. For parents, grown children, and anyone who has ever looked at a sleeping child and wished, just for a moment, that time would slow down.Because sometimes the smallest days are the ones we spend the rest of our lives trying to remember.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Childhood disappears quietly. One ordinary day at a time. "Mummy, are you OK?" Before he could remember, his mother was already writing it all down.Before You Remember began as a private diary written by Bu Huang Kong to her son, Joen. From two faint lines on a pregnancy test and the first flutter of movement to five millilitres of milk, sleepless nights, first words, fevers, school gates, small battles, and unexpected tenderness, she records the years her son himself may never remember.But this is not only the story of a child growing up. It is the story of a mother becoming, too.Written as those days were actually unfolding, the book preserves the anxiety, uncertainty, humour, guilt, wonder, and ordinary joy that rarely fit inside the idea of the "perfect mother." As Joen grows, the sharp edges of early anxiety gradually soften into trust. The questions change. And little by little, so does motherhood. Set within a bilingual family in Singapore-with a devoted French Bulldog named Goofy who was there before the baby arrived-these intimate letters capture a family growing together in real time. This is not a parenting manual, nor a portrait of maternal perfection. It is an honest record of two people growing at once: a little boy finding his footing in the world, and a woman finding her way as his mother. For parents, grown children, and anyone who has ever looked at a sleeping child and wished, just for a moment, that time would slow down.Because sometimes the smallest days are the ones we spend the rest of our lives trying to remember. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Childhood disappears quietly. One ordinary day at a time. "Mummy, are you OK?" Before he could remember, his mother was already writing it all down.Before You Remember began as a private diary written by Bu Huang Kong to her son, Joen. From two faint lines on a pregnancy test and the first flutter of movement to five millilitres of milk, sleepless nights, first words, fevers, school gates, small battles, and unexpected tenderness, she records the years her son himself may never remember.But this is not only the story of a child growing up. It is the story of a mother becoming, too.Written as those days were actually unfolding, the book preserves the anxiety, uncertainty, humour, guilt, wonder, and ordinary joy that rarely fit inside the idea of the "perfect mother." As Joen grows, the sharp edges of early anxiety gradually soften into trust. The questions change. And little by little, so does motherhood. Set within a bilingual family in Singapore-with a devoted French Bulldog named Goofy who was there before the baby arrived-these intimate letters capture a family growing together in real time. This is not a parenting manual, nor a portrait of maternal perfection. It is an honest record of two people growing at once: a little boy finding his footing in the world, and a woman finding her way as his mother. For parents, grown children, and anyone who has ever looked at a sleeping child and wished, just for a moment, that time would slow down.Because sometimes the smallest days are the ones we spend the rest of our lives trying to remember. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…