“At once conversational, informative and progressive, this book should be compulsory [listening] for anyone who has even considered THE ALL-IN-ONE AUDIOBOOK becoming a parent.” —RICKI LAKE When Mayim Bialik got pregnant, she read a lot of books and talked with other moms. Through her studies, she became a proponent of attachment parenting—a philosophy that espouses cosleeping, baby wearing, extended nursing, and natural birth. To Mayim, attachment parenting’s natural, child- led approach made sense intellectually and instinctually. She found that when she followed her intuition and relaxed into her role as a mother, both she and her children thrived. In Beyond the Sling, Mayim examines the main stages of becoming a parent. She delineates the fundamental needs of a child, while also showing how popular culture has convinced us that we need too much “stuff.” Mayim’s honest perspective and impressive research into child development and human attachment combine for a realistic portrait of a family learning to coexist peacefully and lovingly. Beyond the Sling will inspire listeners to trust their instincts and gain the know-how to be the best moms and dads they can. Perhaps best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the early 1990s NBC television sitcom Blossom, Mayim Bialik currently stars in The Big Bang Theory. She earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA in 2007. Married to her college sweetheart with two young sons, Mayim is also a writer for Kveller.com. Emily Durante has been narrating audiobooks for over ten years and has performed in a number of stage productions at the professional, collegiate, and regional levels. Her narrations include the Booklist Editors’ Choice Ah-Choo! by Jennifer Ackerman and Little Girls Can Be Mean by Michelle Anthony, M.A., Ph.D., and Reyna Lindert, Ph.D.

Running Time: 8.5 Hours • Unabridged © 2012 Mayim Bialik  2012 Tantor Media, Inc. Published by arrangement with Touchstone Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. Jacket photograph by Denise Herrick Borchert. www.tantor.com ACTUAL SIZE 16455

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