This year, give your mom our idea of R&R: reading and relaxation. Whether she loves meditating, cooking, gardening, traveling, or just getting lost in a really good piece of fiction, here are the books she’ll want to curl up with long after Mother’s Day is over.
Breathe, Mama, Breathe
by Shonda Moralis
Moms can feel as if they are sprinting through life, crashing at day’s end only to start again the next morning. In Breathe, Mama, Breathe, psychotherapist Shonda Moralis outlines the benefits of daily meditation and shows moms how to do it—in just five minutes! Mindful breaks can be easy. Every mom—whether caring for a new baby, an overscheduled grade-schooler, or an angsty teen—can be a #MindfulMama!
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Atlas Obscura
by Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton
The perfect gift for the mom with a travel bug. Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world, and is as appealing to the armchair traveler as the die-hard adventurer.
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The Vegetable Butcher
by Cara Mangini
The winner of the IACP Cookbook Awards for Single Subject and People’s Choice is the perfect gift for vegetarian moms (or just anyone who wants to demystify the glorious world of cooking with vegetables).
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Cutting Back
By Leslie Buck
Leaving behind a life of familiarity and security, Leslie Buck became the first American woman to study pruning with some of the most elite landscaping masters in Japan. With Cutting Back in hand, mom can travel to the misted imperial palace grounds of Kyoto on a bold journey of discovery, right from the comfort of home!
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The Aromatherapy Garden
By Kathi Keville
This Mother’s Day, give mom the power to hone her own concentration and find some dependable stress relief. The Aromatherapy Garden reveals the scents, secrets, and science behind aromatherapy, and offers tips to create your own restorative aromas, oils, sachets, teas, and more.
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Beatrix Potter Gardening Life
By Marta McDowell
There are few stories more beloved than The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and fewer authors as iconic as Beatrix Potter. Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life is the first book to explore her deep love of nature and reflect how this passion came to life in her work. If Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck, and their friends were part of your family’s story time, your mom will cherish this richly illustrated and unique biography of Beatrix Potter.
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Healthy, Happy You
by Nora Rosendahl Nelli Lahteenmaki Aleksi Hoffman
With contributors like Jamie Oliver and Caroline Arnold, this pocket-sized book will help your mom fill her entire year with micro-actions to help her on a path to longterm health and happiness.
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Our Short History
by Lauren Grodstein
For the mom who understands there is no greater love than a mother’s for her child–and who has a box of Kleenex handy. In Lauren Grodstein’s poignant and witty novel, Karen Neulander faces the last days of her terminal cancer by writing a letter about her life and their life together to her six-year-old son.
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What My Mother Gave Me
by Elizabeth Benedict
Thirty-one notable women share the stories of the gifts that meant the most from their mothers, everything from a year of sobriety to a box of nail polish.
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The Ayurveda Way
by Ananta Ripa Ajmera
For her mind and body, mom will learn how to easily incorporate Ayurveda—the health companion to yoga—into her daily routine. This introductory guide from celebrated Ayurveda teacher Ananta Ripa Ajmera includes 108 ways to use Ayurveda to promote better sleep, improve digestion, reduce stress, and live a more balanced life.
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Cooking with Coconut
by Ramin Ganeshram
If mom likes to cook, she’ll enjoy the health benefits and tropical flavors found in Cooking with Coconut from IACP award-winning cookbook author Ramin Ganeshram. With this guide, mom will boost energy and improve heart health—all while bringing fresh flavor to any dish.
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The Haven’s Kitchen Cooking School
by Alison Cayne
Give the gift of confidence in the kitchen. The Haven’s Kitchen Cooking School is the must-have manual for every aspiring home cook, with rigorously tested recipes—including wholesome lunches, dinner-party showstoppers, and delectable desserts—that will become part of your mom’s daily repertoire.
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Gardenista
by Michelle Slatalla
The team behind the inspirational design sites Gardenista.com and Remodelista.com presents an all-in-one manual to help design-oriented moms transform their outside space. She’ll find hundreds of design tips and easy DIYs, editors’ picks of 100 classic (and stylish) objects, a landscaping primer with tips from pros, over 200 resources, and so much more.
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