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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Cooking up a way to plan meals]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, when women only a few years older than I am now announced
they quit cooking, I silently judged them. I would think to myself,
“How in the world do you just stop cooking?”

I get it now. They were tired — tired of chicken, tired of...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4267798</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A story of loss and the hard work of carrying love forward]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grief does not always behave like an ending. Sometimes it acts more
like a ride that refuses to stop: the same drops and turns, the same
sickening return to the place where everything irrevocably changed. 

In the latest entry to his “Life and ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4267266</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Murder at the Hotel Orient' checks readers into a scandalous whodunit]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[If "Murder at the Hotel Orient" were a film, it would be
given an “R” if not an “NC-17” rating, as it is a quite naughty,
although highly entertaining, murder mystery that would be unsuitable
for church or library-based book clubs. The ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4267265</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: I fought the lawn and the lawn won]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[We’ve hit a rough patch over mowing the lawn this summer. The
husband is temporarily sidelined with a knee injury and I cheerfully and
enthusiastically (a slight exaggeration) volunteered to do the
mowing.

We are now engulfed in turf wars. My ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4262732</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/28/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kristin Casey’s fearless memoir of survival and self-worth]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kristin Casey‘s "Casey Dancer" takes on subject matter
most memoirists would soften or sanitize: a return to stripping at 39
after a stalled real estate career, a decade of dating in sobriety and
an eventual pivot into professional companionship...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4262044</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A breakup turns into a nightmare of manipulation and control]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some thrillers begin with a crime scene. "Dawn Before
Darkness" begins with a woman trying to end a relationship without
angering the man on the other end of the phone. That choice — careful,
almost ordinary — tells readers exactly what kind ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4262043</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: When Grandpa toys with parallel parking]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When my husband was asked if he would help teach twin granddaughters
how to parallel park, he immediately yelled, “Yes!” If there was a
parallel parking competition, my husband could take first place —
unless our son entered the competition,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4257370</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Dog Days': Emily LaBarge on trauma writing and trauma reading]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s often assumed that to write a good memoir, a writer must have
something happen to them. Something big, juicy, and traumatic. Something
unbelievable that really happened to you. Emily
LaBarge is here to critique this idea.

In her memoir, "...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4256762</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regency meets road rage in 'Fast and Fastidious']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Fast and Fastidious" is an absolutely smashing and highly
entertaining genre-defying first novel by R.M. Caldwell, a pseudonym for
New Zealand theater director and escape room puzzle designer. 

The author has described it as a “mash-up of '...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4256761</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/20/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: This gardener has more seeds than sense]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[My philosophy concerning a garden is the same as my philosophy toward
dessert — there’s always room for a little more.

It didn’t take long this spring before I realized I was sowing too
many seeds in too little space. Then a light bulb ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4252157</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dance upon demons in Vaishnavi Patel’s new contemporary fantasy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vaishnavi Patel, New York Times bestselling author of
"Kaikeyi," returns with a heart-pounding new standalone
contemporary fantasy novel, "We Dance Upon Demons."

Set in the present day following the events of the pandemic and the
most recent ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4251518</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Isabel Klee’s 'Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About' highlights the messy magic of your 20s]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Isabel Klee perfectly captures the feeling of being a woman in her
20s in her brand new memoir, "Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve
Cried About."

For 20-somethings this will be incredibly relatable, and for those of
us who made it through that ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4251517</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: The girl who cried wolf]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fortunately, I didn’t see the late-night text from our son until
early the next morning. I wouldn’t have slept a wink if I had.

His two youngest girls spent the night with us. They live in the
country, know all the plants and trees and animal...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4246462</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/07/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The final days of old brooklyn in Xochitl Gonzalez’s 'Last Night in Brooklyn']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I saw the title of this book, "Last Night in
Brooklyn," I immediately thought I was about to read a
post-apocalyptic dystopian tale (that could have had something to do
with the other media I’d been consuming), but I urged myself to read
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4245797</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Faith turns fatal in this riveting FBI investigation]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA["Before the Devil Knows" is the third installment in the
critically acclaimed and award-nominated Gus Wheeler FBI thriller series
by R. John Dingle. This dark crime thriller follows Agent Gus Wheeler
and his partner, Vanessa Lambert, as they ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4245796</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jul/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Even at 250, celebrating July 4th doesn't get old]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[The morning of July 4th is so quiet around here, you might wonder if
the entire subdivision entered the witness protection program.

But around 9, garage doors start rolling up. Bicycles, ride toys,
wagons and strollers emerge as Operation ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4241040</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TJ Klune turns the end of the world into a love story you won’t forget]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buckle up for a road trip unlike any other in "We Burned So
Bright." Rodney and Don reflect on the life they’ve built
together over 40 years, against impossible odds. When a rogue blackhole
appears on the edge of the solar system, the couple ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4240306</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A speculative tale that asks us to sit with uneasy truths]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Aries season asked us to burn. To move fast, act first and trust the
fire. Taurus season asks something different — and perhaps harder. It
asks us to slow down, sink into the earth beneath our feet and sit with
what is real.

Richard Powers’ "...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4240305</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mark Blake’s oral history of Pink Floyd’s enduring legacy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Music is an integral part of modern culture. Musical genres such as
rock-n-roll define generations and give hope and excitement to listeners
fortunate enough to be a part of the musical experience. Groups such as
Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and Pink ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4240304</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Lori Borgman: Knowing the building blocks of our founding]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stone tablets are so yesterday.

A professor from Princeton recently shared that his Ivy League
students had to have the Ten Commandments explained to them. Yes, that
is the same New England college where the famous Jonathan Edwards was
once ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/momsadvice/s-4235568</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Jun/23/2026</pubDate>
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