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Rachel Toalson
"You forget / how remarkable your family is / how remarkable your kids are / how remarkable you are / and / this is how / you remember," writes Rachel…
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In the End is a powerful and poignant reminder of the beauty of resilience, perfect for readers who enjoyed the introspective sincerity of Emma Straub's All Adults Here and the…
An emotional story of dance and class, combining the sincerity of K.A. Holt's House Arrest with the gritty urban feel of Kwame Alexander's The Crossover and the triumphant spirit of…
In This is How You Know, Rachel Toalson turns ordinary moments into poetry.
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From the humorist behind the popular Crash Test Parents blog comes this collection of cleanly hilarious, irreverently honest, and undeniably charming essays that humanize the challenges, frustrations and rare victories…
Would you rather try to keep a tidy house with kids around or clean up after a tornado every day? It's about the same.
When you're a parent, you spend…
Idiodare:
(Verb) To defy or challenge someone to do something idiotic.
(Noun) An idiotic challenge.
(Fact) Something with which you’ll become intimately familiar in a house full of boys.
There’s…
Textbook of an Ordinary Life is a collection of poetry and prose that examines ordinary life with extraordinary curiosity, wisdom, and insight. With grace and eloquence, poet Rachel Toalson examines…
Life: A Definition of Terms is a playful collection of poetry that explores the immensity of life in all its facets, from family and love to mental health and humanity…
In this introspective collection of personal essays, award-winning poet and essayist Rachel Toalson provides an intimate and essential portrait of what it means to be human. With essays like On…
Choose your battles.
It’s sage advice. But most parents, before becoming parents, don’t have a clue just how many battles kids will place in front of them with seemingly endless…
Don’t worry about us; we’re doing just fine.
In the parenting world, we readily adjust our masks, pretend we’re having a grand old time, do anything we can to avoid…
this is how you live is the long-awaited followup to award-winning poet Rachel Toalson’s debut poetry book, this is how you know. Delving into the depths and mystery of mental…
The Book of Uncommon Hours is a collection of haiku poems that chronicle a day in the life of a mom, a partner, a writer, a creative human being, a…
Blink and they’ll be grown.
As new parents, the words of older, wiser parents don’t make a bit of sense. Blink and they’ll be grown? We blinked and three toilet…
From award-winning poet Rachel Toalson comes a brand-new collection of poetry inspired by the parenthetical years of life, perfect for fans of Mary Oliver, Sharon Olds, and Billy Collins.
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In this reflective collection of micro-essays, award winning poet Rachel Toalson examines what it means to be human, how we live, and the ingredients for a joy-filled life. Guiding her…
