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mommy lit  

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  • The genre of mommy lit became a popular phenomenon in 2002 with the publication of Allison Pearson's novel I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, which sparked a publishing boom in this type of literature. Protagonists in these texts deal with conception, pregnancy, birth, and the early days of motherhood. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Mommy Lit]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-NCPS7LLB-B

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