Mother’s Day 2023: Mother’s Day is a special occasion for mothers as well as their children. Experiencing motherhood is surely a special feeling, especially for first-time mothers. This journey is an amalgamation of some diverse emotions which a woman feels for the very first time. With its highs and lows, motherhood is definitely an entirely new experience for all moms. On Mother’s Day 2023, let's try to go deeper into motherhood and dig out some new perspectives with the help of some books mentioned below. These books examine mothers and how they shape their lives oscillating between their desires and familial expectations.  

9 Books for First-Time Mothers 


  1. Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda 

Through the lives of two families—one Indian, one American—and the child who irrevocably ties them, Secret Daughter poignantly examines the emotional terrain of motherhood, loss, identity, and love.


  1. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See 

Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane is a stirring tale of a family divided by circumstance, culture, and distance. It also praises the love between mothers and daughters and creates an evocative portrayal of a little-known place and its inhabitants.


  1. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane is a stirring tale of a family divided by circumstance, culture, and distance. It also praises the love between mothers and daughters and creates an evocative portrayal of a little-known place and its inhabitants.


  1. . How Hard Can It Be? by Allison Pearson 

Will Kate take back her proper position at the hedge fund she built, or will she choke in her new "shaping" underwear? When a raucous mob turns up for her daughter's surprise (to her parents) Christmas party, can she reignite an old flame or will her home burn to the ground? It will all undoubtedly work out in the end. How challenging can it really be?


  1. Where'd You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple 

The brilliant and explicit entertaining book Where'd You Go Bernadette is about a family coming to terms with who they are and the strength of a daughter's love for her mother.


  1. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee

Beginning in early 1900s Korea with Sunja, the treasured daughter of a humble yet proud family, whose unwanted pregnancy threatens to bring them all to shame, Pachinko follows one Korean family through the decades. After being dumped by her lover, Sunja is saved when a young minister who has tuberculosis offers to marry her and take her to Japan.


  1. Dava Shastri’s Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti 

This stirring story explores public vs private legacy, the intricacies of love, and the never-ending joys—and frustrations—of family. It is compassionately written and brimming with humour and emotion.


  1. The Mothers by Brit Bennett 

"The Mothers" poses the question of whether a "what if" might be more potent than an experience itself in enthralling, lyrical prose. If our decisions that have shaped our lives forever as we age must always be subservient to those made by our younger selves, the communities that have raised us, and our own decisions.


  1. Motherthing by Aislie Hogarth

Laura's spirit stalks Abby and Ralph in quite different ways after she commits suicide: While Abby is terrorised by a power out to destroy everything she loves, Ralph is overcome by depression. Even worse, Mrs. Bondy's daughter has threatened to have her mother removed from the house, leaving Abby all by herself. With everything at stake, Abby devises a terrifying strategy that will enable her to keep Mrs. Bondy, free Ralph from his mental anguish, and permanently end Laura's influence over the family. It only takes a little inventiveness, a lot of willpower, and a special chicken à la king recipe…