Sickly Child Books | Summaries & Audio

A Heart That Works

by Rob Delaney • 2022

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

4.62

35k+

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

A Heart That Works 88%

Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.

by Rob Delaney 2022

4.62

35k+ ratings

🕯️ Child Loss 💔 Parental Grief 🏥 Medical Memoir 🩺 Childhood Illness 🧩 Disability Parenting

In the Land of Pain

by Alphonse Daudet • 1929

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

3.68

597

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

In the Land of Pain 88%

Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.

by Alphonse Daudet 1929

3.68

597 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness ✍️ Literary Memoir 📖 Illness Narrative 💀 Terminal Illness 🤕 Chronic Pain

The Family Gene

by Joselin Linder • 2017

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

4.05

1k+

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

The Family Gene 88%

One family's mystery illness made them swell, choke. The gene revealed the liver pumps blood too.

by Joselin Linder 2017

4.05

1k+ ratings

🧬 Genetic Disorders 🦠 Rare Diseases 🔍 Medical Mysteries 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Inherited Illness 🔬 Genetic Research

Bố con cá gai

by Cho Chang-In • 2000

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

4.41

2k+

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

Bố con cá gai 87%

When leukemia strikes his son, a Korean father begins selling the only asset left: himself.

by Cho Chang-In 2000

4.41

2k+ ratings

👨‍👦 Father And Son 💔 Parental Sacrifice 🎗️ Childhood Cancer 🥀 Quiet Grief 🇰🇷 Contemporary Korea

The Choice

by Henry Denker • 1987

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

3.84

103

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

The Choice 87%

A surgeon who prioritized patients over family must now watch his daughter fight leukemia.

by Henry Denker 1987

3.84

103 ratings

🏥 Medical Family Drama 🩺 Pediatric Cancer 💔 Loss Of A Child 😢 Tearjerker 🏨 Hospital Setting

The Baby and the Biome

by Meenal Lele • 2022

Half of children develop immune disease. Their microbiome can prevent and reverse it from birth.

3.88

🛡️ Childhood Immune Health 🦠 Infant Microbiome 🥜 Allergy Prevention 🌿 Holistic Parenting 🥗 Food As Medicine

The Baby and the Biome 87%

Half of children develop immune disease. Their microbiome can prevent and reverse it from birth.

by Meenal Lele 2022

3.88

49 ratings

🛡️ Childhood Immune Health 🦠 Infant Microbiome 🥜 Allergy Prevention 🌿 Holistic Parenting 🥗 Food As Medicine

Breaking the Silence

by Casey Watson • 2013

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

4.42

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting 💔 Childhood Trauma 🥀 Grief In Children

Breaking the Silence 87%

One boy feared water, another clung to stones. A foster carer unearths the silent grief beneath.

by Casey Watson 2013

4.42

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 🧩 Autism Spectrum 👨‍👩‍👦 Special Needs Parenting 💔 Childhood Trauma 🥀 Grief In Children

Vax Facts

by Paul Thomas • 2024

A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.

4.62

286

🧪 Vaccine Safety 👶 Pediatric Health ⚖️ Informed Consent 🌿 Natural Immunity 🩺 Vaccine Injury

Vax Facts 87%

A doctor studied 3,300 children; the unvaccinated were far healthier. Journal retracted the data.

by Paul Thomas 2024

4.62

286 ratings

🧪 Vaccine Safety 👶 Pediatric Health ⚖️ Informed Consent 🌿 Natural Immunity 🩺 Vaccine Injury

The Blink of an Eye

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

4.09

467

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

The Blink of an Eye 86%

Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.

by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018

4.09

467 ratings

🏥 Medical Memoir 💤 Coma And Awakening 🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families In Crisis 🖐️ Body Loss And Identity

Unhooking the Moon

by Gregory Hughes • 2010

Two orphans flee to New York seeking their last relative, racing the younger one's dark visions.

3.96

2k+

🧒 Orphaned Siblings 🚂 Sibling Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Precognitive Child 🏙️ Gritty Middle Grade

Unhooking the Moon 86%

Two orphans flee to New York seeking their last relative, racing the younger one's dark visions.

by Gregory Hughes 2010

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧒 Orphaned Siblings 🚂 Sibling Road Trip 🫂 Found Family 🔮 Precognitive Child 🏙️ Gritty Middle Grade

Kira-Kira

by Cynthia Kadohata • 2004

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

3.98

28k+

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Kira-Kira 86%

Katie's sister taught her the world could shimmer. Lymphoma tests whether she can still see it.

by Cynthia Kadohata 2004

3.98

28k+ ratings

💔 Terminal Illness 👭 Sisterly Bond 🫂 Young Caregiver 🏡 Immigrant Family Saga 🌅 Grief And Healing

Before the Ever After

by Jacqueline Woodson • 2020

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

4.17

16k+

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

Before the Ever After 86%

When his NFL-star father's memory fails, ZJ must discover who he is without the legend.

by Jacqueline Woodson 2020

4.17

16k+ ratings

📜 Novels In Verse 💔 Parental Illness 🤝 Loyal Friend Group 🍂 Bittersweet 👦🏾 Black Boyhood

When the Wolf Comes Home

by Nat Cassidy • 2025

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

4.06

37k+

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

When the Wolf Comes Home 86%

A waitress takes in a boy whose terror becomes real. A wolf is already at the door.

by Nat Cassidy 2025

4.06

37k+ ratings

📚 Literary Horror 👹 Fear Made Flesh 🛡️ Reluctant Guardian 🔪 Monstrous Parent 🖤 Bleak Horror

Aniana del Mar Jumps In

by Jasminne Mendez • 2023

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

4.02

895

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Aniana del Mar Jumps In 86%

A Dominican American girl hides her swim-team dreams and her pain, until neither can stay hidden.

by Jasminne Mendez 2023

4.02

895 ratings

📝 Middle Grade Verse 🩺 Chronic Illness 💔 Mother Daughter Rift 🌴 Caribbean Diaspora 🌀 Generational Trauma

Dissolving Illusions

by Suzanne Humphries • 2013

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

4.62

2k+

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

Dissolving Illusions 86%

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

by Suzanne Humphries 2013

4.62

2k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

Bad Therapy

by Abigail Shrier • 2024

Therapy promised healthier kids. It gave us the most medicated, least resilient generation yet.

3.95

16k+

🧒 Childhood Resilience 🚁 Overparenting Critique 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Authority 📱 Screen Time Effects 💊 Overdiagnosis Critique

Bad Therapy 86%

Therapy promised healthier kids. It gave us the most medicated, least resilient generation yet.

by Abigail Shrier 2024

3.95

16k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Resilience 🚁 Overparenting Critique 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Authority 📱 Screen Time Effects 💊 Overdiagnosis Critique

First Human Body Encyclopedia

by Penny Smith • 2005

206 bones, 650 muscles, a 9-meter gut: the human body explained for curious kids.

4.30

162

🫀 Human Anatomy 🧍 Body Systems 🔬 Kids Science 📚 Reference For Children 🩺 Health For Kids

First Human Body Encyclopedia 86%

206 bones, 650 muscles, a 9-meter gut: the human body explained for curious kids.

by Penny Smith 2005

4.30

162 ratings

🫀 Human Anatomy 🧍 Body Systems 🔬 Kids Science 📚 Reference For Children 🩺 Health For Kids

Crooked

by Forrest Maready • 2018

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

4.38

178

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

Crooked 86%

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

by Forrest Maready 2018

4.38

178 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

The Etiquette of Illness

by Susan P. Halpern • 2004

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

3.76

601

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving 💛 Practical Empathy 🕯️ Grief Support

The Etiquette of Illness 86%

What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.

by Susan P. Halpern 2004

3.76

601 ratings

🗣️ Difficult Conversations 🏥 End Of Life Care 🤲 Caregiving 💛 Practical Empathy 🕯️ Grief Support

Moms on Call | Next Steps Baby Care 6-15 Months | Parenting Book 2 of 3 | 20th Anniversary Edition

by Laura Hunter • 2012

The room rules, fever number, and food order that turn baby chaos into predictable days.

4.41

1k+

👶 Baby Care 🌙 Infant Sleep 🥣 Feeding Routines 📋 Structured Parenting 🔒 Child Safety

Moms on Call | Next Steps Baby Care 6-15 Months | Parenting Book 2 of 3 | 20th Anniversary Edition Summary

Moms on Call | Next Steps Baby Care 6-15 Months | Parenting Book 2 of 3 | 20th Anniversary Edition 86%

The room rules, fever number, and food order that turn baby chaos into predictable days.

by Laura Hunter 2012

4.41

1k+ ratings

👶 Baby Care 🌙 Infant Sleep 🥣 Feeding Routines 📋 Structured Parenting 🔒 Child Safety

Sickened

by Julie Gregory • 2003

Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.

3.74

20k+

🏥 Medical Child Abuse 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse 🦋 Survivor Memoir 🎭 Gaslighting ❤️‍🩹 Healing From Trauma

Sickened 86%

Her mother needed a sick child. She performed flawlessly. Then a lecture exposed the whole script.

by Julie Gregory 2003

3.74

20k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Child Abuse 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Abuse 🦋 Survivor Memoir 🎭 Gaslighting ❤️‍🩹 Healing From Trauma

Bellevue

by Robin Cook • 2024

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

3.36

5k+

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Bellevue 86%

Bellevue's ghosts kill a young surgeon's patients, demanding he answer for his ancestors' crimes.

by Robin Cook 2024

3.36

5k+ ratings

🏥 Medical Horror 👻 Haunted Hospital 🔗 Ancestral Guilt 🧠 Psychological Horror 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

A Monster Calls

by Patrick Ness • 2011

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

4.34

292k+

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness 🧒 Outsider Protagonist 📚 Power Of Storytelling

A Monster Calls 86%

A yew tree monster visits a boy at midnight, demanding the truth about his dying mother.

by Patrick Ness 2011

4.34

292k+ ratings

📖 Modern Fable 🖤 Parental Loss 💔 Terminal Illness 🧒 Outsider Protagonist 📚 Power Of Storytelling

Aš moku šokinėti per balas

by Alan Marshall • 1955

After polio takes his legs, a boy in the Australian bush fights to ride horses and belong.

3.92

3k+

🦽 Childhood Disability 🌿 Australian Bush Memoir 🐴 Boy And His Pony 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Hospital Camaraderie

Aš moku šokinėti per balas 86%

After polio takes his legs, a boy in the Australian bush fights to ride horses and belong.

by Alan Marshall 1955

3.92

3k+ ratings

🦽 Childhood Disability 🌿 Australian Bush Memoir 🐴 Boy And His Pony 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Hospital Camaraderie

Mina's Matchbox

by Yōko Ogawa • 2006

A quiet girl, an asthmatic cousin, a pygmy hippo: one fragile year in a Japanese mansion.

3.72

8k+

🗾 1970s Japan 🫁 Chronic Illness 🏠 Eccentric Family 🦛 Animal Companion 🗝️ Family Secrets

Mina's Matchbox 86%

A quiet girl, an asthmatic cousin, a pygmy hippo: one fragile year in a Japanese mansion.

by Yōko Ogawa 2006

3.72

8k+ ratings

🗾 1970s Japan 🫁 Chronic Illness 🏠 Eccentric Family 🦛 Animal Companion 🗝️ Family Secrets

Every Deep-Drawn Breath

by Wes Ely • 2021

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

4.35

2k+

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Every Deep-Drawn Breath 86%

ICUs save the body but break the mind. A doctor's proof that survival is not the whole story.

by Wes Ely 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🫁 Critical Care 🤝 Patient-Centered Care 💛 Humanistic Medicine 🧠 Medical Trauma 👨‍👩‍👧 Family-Centered Care

Sugarproof

by Michael I. Goran • 2020

The sweetener in kids' yogurt and bread harms their liver. Here's the fix.

4.15

207

🧒 Childhood Nutrition 🍬 Hidden Sugar 🫀 Metabolic Health 😤 Food And Behavior 🧠 Brain Development

Sugarproof 86%

The sweetener in kids' yogurt and bread harms their liver. Here's the fix.

by Michael I. Goran 2020

4.15

207 ratings

🧒 Childhood Nutrition 🍬 Hidden Sugar 🫀 Metabolic Health 😤 Food And Behavior 🧠 Brain Development

The Long Covid Survival Guide

by Fiona Lowenstein • 2022

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

4.30

156

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

The Long Covid Survival Guide 86%

A patient-built playbook for surviving Long COVID when doctors dismiss you and rest isn't enough.

by Fiona Lowenstein 2022

4.30

156 ratings

🩺 Chronic Illness 🫁 Long Covid 🚫 Medical Gaslighting ✊ Disability Justice 🤝 Community Care

Poster Child

by Emily Rapp • 2006

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

3.72

645

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism 🪞 Disability And Body Image 🎭 Disability Representation

Poster Child 86%

Born with a partial leg, she mastered the art of seeming whole. That mastery nearly undid her.

by Emily Rapp 2006

3.72

645 ratings

🩺 Medical Memoir 🦿 Physical Disability 💭 Internalized Ableism 🪞 Disability And Body Image 🎭 Disability Representation

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child / Your Fussy Baby

by Marc Weissbluth • 2004

Sleep is a learned skill, not a given: sync soothing to biology, skip the tears.

3.95

311

🛌 Baby Sleep ⏰ Sleep Training 😢 Colic 🧠 Child Temperament 🩺 Pediatric Sleep

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child / Your Fussy Baby Summary

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child / Your Fussy Baby 86%

Sleep is a learned skill, not a given: sync soothing to biology, skip the tears.

by Marc Weissbluth 2004

3.95

311 ratings

🛌 Baby Sleep ⏰ Sleep Training 😢 Colic 🧠 Child Temperament 🩺 Pediatric Sleep

Everything, Everything

by Nicola Yoon • 2015

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

3.96

682k+

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Everything, Everything 86%

Her immune system makes the outside lethal. The boy next door is an impossible, irresistible risk.

by Nicola Yoon 2015

3.96

682k+ ratings

🏠 Homebound Romance 🤒 Sick-Lit 🔒 Secret Relationship 💘 First Love 😤 Overbearing Mother

Turtles All The Way Down

by Anonymous • 2022

Vaccine safety trials hid adverse events: control groups received vaccines, not placebos.

4.61

785

🧪 Vaccine Skepticism 📋 Public Health Policy 🔬 Research Ethics 📊 Chronic Disease Rise ✍️ Informed Consent

Turtles All The Way Down 86%

Vaccine safety trials hid adverse events: control groups received vaccines, not placebos.

by Anonymous 2022

4.61

785 ratings

🧪 Vaccine Skepticism 📋 Public Health Policy 🔬 Research Ethics 📊 Chronic Disease Rise ✍️ Informed Consent

En attendant Bojangles

by Olivier Bourdeaut • 2016

A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.

4.23

20k+

🎪 Eccentric Family 👩‍👧 Troubled Mother 🎭 Tragicomic Tone 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💕 Love And Madness

En attendant Bojangles 86%

A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.

by Olivier Bourdeaut 2016

4.23

20k+ ratings

🎪 Eccentric Family 👩‍👧 Troubled Mother 🎭 Tragicomic Tone 🏥 Psychiatric Hospital 💕 Love And Madness

Food Chaining

by Cheri Fraker • 2007

Your child's picky eating has a fix, and it starts with the foods they already love.

3.97

262

🍽️ Picky Eating 🥄 Feeding Therapy 🧠 Sensory Processing 🍼 Pediatric Nutrition 🪑 Mealtime Strategies

Food Chaining 86%

Your child's picky eating has a fix, and it starts with the foods they already love.

by Cheri Fraker 2007

3.97

262 ratings

🍽️ Picky Eating 🥄 Feeding Therapy 🧠 Sensory Processing 🍼 Pediatric Nutrition 🪑 Mealtime Strategies

Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten

by David Perlmutter • 2006

First five years: a neurologist's playbook for adding 30 IQ points with food, play, and environment.

3.75

216

🧠 Early Childhood Development 🥑 Brain Nutrition 🔗 Neuroplasticity 🌿 Nontoxic Parenting 📵 Screen Time Limits

Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten Summary

Raise a Smarter Child by Kindergarten 86%

First five years: a neurologist's playbook for adding 30 IQ points with food, play, and environment.

by David Perlmutter 2006

3.75

216 ratings

🧠 Early Childhood Development 🥑 Brain Nutrition 🔗 Neuroplasticity 🌿 Nontoxic Parenting 📵 Screen Time Limits

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite

by Pierre Bottero • 2002

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

4.06

136

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite Summary

Le Garçon qui voulait courir vite 86%

Her brother stopped speaking when their father died. Some things even a fierce sister cannot fix.

by Pierre Bottero 2002

4.06

136 ratings

🖤 Childhood Grief 💔 Trauma And Recovery 👧 Protective Older Sister 🏠 Found Family 📖 Therapeutic Stories

World Without Cancer

by G. Edward Griffin • 1974

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

4.31

495

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

World Without Cancer 86%

Cancer as a nutritional deficiency, cured by apricot seeds, and the cartel that buried the science.

by G. Edward Griffin 1974

4.31

495 ratings

🎗️ Cancer Treatment 🍽️ Dietary Deficiency 🕵️ Medical Conspiracy 💊 Pharmaceutical Corruption 🏥 Alternative Medicine

Girl in Pieces

by Kathleen Glasgow • 2016

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

3.93

274k+

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 💔 Toxic Relationship 🏠 Found Family

Girl in Pieces 86%

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

by Kathleen Glasgow 2016

3.93

274k+ ratings

🏨 Psychiatric Hospital 🩹 Self-Harm Recovery 🎨 Art As Healing 💔 Toxic Relationship 🏠 Found Family

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder

by James Lock • 2021

Parents don't cause eating disorders; they cure them. A guide to refeeding your teen at home.

4.02

🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teenagers ⚖️ Adolescent Anorexia 👪 Family Therapy 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder Summary

Help Your Teenager Beat an Eating Disorder 86%

Parents don't cause eating disorders; they cure them. A guide to refeeding your teen at home.

by James Lock 2021

4.02

41 ratings

🍽️ Eating Disorder Recovery 👨‍👩‍👧 Parenting Teenagers ⚖️ Adolescent Anorexia 👪 Family Therapy 📋 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Sleep Better, Baby

by Cat Cubie • 2022

Better baby sleep without cry-it-out: consistent routines, dark rooms, and listening before you act.

3.74

🛌 Infant Sleep 🤫 No-Cry Sleep 🌸 Gentle Parenting 👶 New Parents 🗓️ First Year

Sleep Better, Baby 86%

Better baby sleep without cry-it-out: consistent routines, dark rooms, and listening before you act.

by Cat Cubie 2022

3.74

38 ratings

🛌 Infant Sleep 🤫 No-Cry Sleep 🌸 Gentle Parenting 👶 New Parents 🗓️ First Year

Coping with Psoriasis

by David L. Cram • 2000

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

3.60

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership 💪 Chronic Illness Coping 📋 Medical Self Advocacy

Coping with Psoriasis 86%

The dermatologist's playbook for psoriasis: right doctor, right treatment, stop hiding.

by David L. Cram 2000

3.60

5 ratings

🩹 Chronic Skin Conditions 🦠 Autoimmune Disorders 🤝 Doctor Patient Partnership 💪 Chronic Illness Coping 📋 Medical Self Advocacy

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby

by James J. McKenna • 2012

A researcher's safety checklist that makes sharing a bed with your baby safer than a crib.

4.00

🛏️ Infant Sleep 🛌 Safe Bedsharing 🤱 Attachment Parenting 🍼 Breastfeeding Support 👶 Newborn Care

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby Summary

A Quick Guide to Safely Sleeping with Your Baby 86%

A researcher's safety checklist that makes sharing a bed with your baby safer than a crib.

by James J. McKenna 2012

4.00

8 ratings

🛏️ Infant Sleep 🛌 Safe Bedsharing 🤱 Attachment Parenting 🍼 Breastfeeding Support 👶 Newborn Care

The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep

by Harvey Karp • 2012

A baby's cry has a quiet switch. Five sensory steps flip it and sleep comes naturally.

3.76

2k+

👶 Infant Sleep 🤱 Gentle Sleep Training 🍼 Newborn Care 🛏️ Bedtime Routines 🧠 Child Development

The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep Summary

The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep 86%

A baby's cry has a quiet switch. Five sensory steps flip it and sleep comes naturally.

by Harvey Karp 2012

3.76

2k+ ratings

👶 Infant Sleep 🤱 Gentle Sleep Training 🍼 Newborn Care 🛏️ Bedtime Routines 🧠 Child Development

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything

by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

4.55

819

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame 🔗 Codependency 🎨 Creative Resilience

Nobody Ever Told Me Anything 86%

She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.

by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022

4.55

819 ratings

🏚️ Childhood Neglect 💊 Parental Addiction 📸 Toxic Fame 🔗 Codependency 🎨 Creative Resilience

The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders

by Marcia Herrin • 2007

Parents aren't the cause, they're the cure: bringing your child back, one meal at a time.

3.87

🍽️ Eating Disorders 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Based Treatment 🪞 Body Image 🧑‍⚕️ Adolescent Health 🥗 Nutrition Therapy

The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders Summary

The Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders 86%

Parents aren't the cause, they're the cure: bringing your child back, one meal at a time.

by Marcia Herrin 2007

3.87

23 ratings

🍽️ Eating Disorders 👨‍👩‍👧 Family Based Treatment 🪞 Body Image 🧑‍⚕️ Adolescent Health 🥗 Nutrition Therapy

Divided Minds

by Pamela Spiro Wagner • 2005

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

4.00

3k+

🧠 Schizophrenia Memoirs 👯 Twin Bonds 🏥 Psychiatric Wards ✍️ Writing As Survival 👪 Family Mental Illness

Divided Minds 86%

One twin develops schizophrenia. The other becomes a psychiatrist. A bond built for two, tested.

by Pamela Spiro Wagner 2005

4.00

3k+ ratings

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