The Baby Trap (Paperback) newly tagged "parenting"

Based on her own experiences with infertility and two attempts at IVF, Sibel Hodge's latest novel The Baby Trap will have you laughing and crying at the ups and downs of modern baby-making...

When Gina turns thirty-three her body clock unexpectedly begins clanging in her ear with annoying persistence. The only problem is, having a baby isn't as easy as she thought. Whether she's feng shui-ing the house to death with fertility symbols, throwing out her husband's tight boxers in favour of baggies, swapping wine and chocolate for green tea and yams, popping fertility drugs like M&M's, or having sex so precision-timed it makes international warfare manoeuvres look unorganized, her life is turned upside down. And when nothing seems to be working, her quest for the B-word turns into an obsession.

Can Gina stay sane, get pregnant, and keep her marriage together? Or will her baby trail become a baby trap?

PRAISE FOR SIBEL HODGE

"Yet another winner by Sibel who is fast becoming my favourite 'chick-lit' author" -- Wistful Kimmie's Book Reviews

"Sibel Hodge has perfect comedic timing" -- Lisa Lim, author of Confessions of a Call Centre Gal

"Ms. Hodge is rapidly becoming a favorite of mine." --Coffee Time Romance & More

"Sibel Hodge does it again! -- Geeky Girl Reviews

"Sibel Hodge has a way of writing that really makes the characters come to life" -- Can't Put It Down Review Blog

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sibel Hodge is the author of bestselling romantic comedy Fourteen Days Later. She has 8 cats and 1 husband. In her spare time, she's Wonder Woman! When she's not out saving the world from dastardly demons, she writes quirky chick lit with a hefty dose of screwball comedy. Her other books include My Perfect Wedding, The Fashion Police (Amber Fox Mystery), Be Careful What You Wish For (Amber Fox Mystery), and How to Dump Your Boyfriend in the Men's Room (and other short stories). 

Her work has been shortlisted for the Harry Bowling Prize 2008, Highly Commended by the Yeovil Literary Prize 2009, Runner up in the Chapter One Promotions Novel Comp 2009, and nominated Best Novel with Romantic Elements in 2010 by The Romance Reviews. Her novella Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave has been listed as one of the Top 40 Books About Human Rights by Accredited Online Colleges.

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When You Miss Me (Paperback) newly tagged "parenting"

When I talk about myself, I can't help but talk about my wonderful daughter. I remember her laughing as a baby and it feels like just yesterday. We were eating dinner and she was in her rocker. She was just minding her own business and all of a sudden she started laughing. She was only a few months old at the time and I remember thinking, "Why would she be laughing? What could she possibly find funny?"

And throughout her life have been some of the most adorable things I could ever imagine...

We used to make pancakes in the mornings before she turned old enough to know that was actually work. She stirred the batter.

She draws pictures and brings them to me excited that she drew a whale in the sky behind a palm tree, her and I holding hands beside the tree that wasn't in my yard (I didn't have a yard at the time)...etc.

She makes the grocery list when we go shopping. One time we laughed so hard in the middle of the store because even she didn't know what one item was supposed to be.

At one time, her plan was to work at McDonald's while she put herself through law school. That way she would get a free lunch at her favorite "restaurant." She has quite a few years left before even going to college.

My arm fell asleep one time while she was sleeping in it. I tried to move and she wouldn't let me, "Hey daddy, hey!"

I remember the first time I decided to draw a real face for her instead of the smiley faces she loved, "It bootiful daddy!"

She would point at her eye, then her heart and then at me saying, "I...love...YOU!" Then she would jump up and down clapping.

Ah, there are so many things. I wish my mind was a digital camera. I'd post every memory.

Now, she makes random videos with her new laptop, she swims all day in the pool and she leaves her cell phone behind on our times to be together. But with all the growing up she has done, she's still that little kid inside who wants to wrestle with daddy, sit on his lap and cuddle up with him to watch a movie. She's always going to be my little princess no matter how big she gets.

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Enlightenment Through Motherhood (Kindle Edition) newly tagged "parenting"

Astra Niedra is a facilitator and teacher of Voice Dialogue, a technique for gaining greater self-awareness and understanding, and which is used in relationship counselling, psychotherapy, life coaching, communication training, organisational transformation, sports coaching and actors' training. Voice Dialogue and the Psychology of Selves have influenced many systems of thought and healing, particularly those which involve the idea of inner selves.

Astra trained in Voice Dialogue with its creators, Dr Hal Stone and Dr Sidra Stone, both of whom recommend her work highly. She writes extensively on relationships and consciousness growth, and is author of the books The Perfect Relationship and Enlightenment Through Motherhood. For many years she wrote the pre-blog email newsletter Daily Voice Dialogue which has been used in teaching institutions worldwide.

Astra has worked as an editor in health, legal and education publishing, and she was Editor of WellBeing magazine when its publisher championed the greening of work spaces by creating an eco- and human-friendly work environment for the magazine's staff. Astra edited Michael Domeyko Rowland's best-selling book Absolute Happiness.

Astra's tertiary qualifications are in philosophy and education, and she has also studied meditation and yoga. She lives in Sydney, Australia, with her husband and their three gorgeous children.

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