母子情深

I picked this up expecting pretty photos and got so much more—the interviews alongside the 70 family portraits actually made me rethink how I talk about motherhood with my own friends. The paper quality is heavy enough that it's earned a permanent spot on the coffee table.

The portraits of those 70 families are gorgeous, and I keep it on the coffee table just to flip through. Reading the interviews alongside the photos made me think differently about my own mom friends.

I bought this for my sister after her first baby and ended up flipping through the whole thing before wrapping it. Swanson Frank's portraits of 70 families feel candid rather than posed, and the mix of iconic and everyday mothers keeps it from feeling glossy or distant.