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Otherhood by Melanie Notkin is now available where books are sold.
Described as hilarious and heart breaking, poignant and powerful, best-selling author and entrepreneur Melanie Notkin is at it again with her latest book, Otherhood: Modern Women Finding a New Kind of Happiness. Released this March, Otherhood delves deep into an emerging class of women so far unseen in America’s modern times— those who grew up expecting love, marriage and parenthood, but ultimately found themselves living a different reality. The leading authority on all things aunthood, Notkin broke onto the national stage in 2009 with the launch of her multi-platform lifestyle brand and blog Savvy Auntie, a first-of-its-kind online community catered
specifically toward aunts, godmothers, and women who love children. From establishing the first ever national day of recognition in honor of aunts and godmothers, Auntie’s Day® (it’s July 27 this year, FYI!), to coining such terms as the ABCs (Aunties By Choice), Notkin knows everything in the book, because she wrote it. Equal parts advice and how-to, Savvy Auntie is the go-to resource for sophisticated, educated and independent aunts of every stripe and color. With the release of Otherhood this March, Notkin is going for something more profound. By sharing her own story and the stories of women like her, she gives a voice to one of today’s most overlooked social
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