Tag: Motherhood
Just what kind of mother are you?
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2013/10/20/just-what-kind-of-mother-are-you/
Title: Just What Kind of Mother Are You? Author: By Paula Daly Publisher: Grove Press, 2013 Summary/Review: The words that no woman ever wants to hear. “Just what kind of mother are you?” Lisa Kallisto is sure people are asking that question of her....
The Nobodies Album
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2010/08/13/the-nobodies-album/
Title: The Nobodies Album Author: Carolyn Parkhurst Publisher: Knopf, June 2010 Summary: Writer Octavia Frost and her son Milo had a game they used to play together when he was a young boy. He’d ask “have you ever heard the Beatles version of I’ve Been...
Bad Mother
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2009/09/08/bad-mother/
Title: Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace Author: Ayelet Waldman Publisher: Doubleday, May 2009 Summary: When her essay Motherlove was published, Ayelet Waldman revealed to the world that she loved her husband more than she loves her...
Black & White
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/08/18/black-white/
itle: Black & White Author: Dani Shapiro Publisher: Knopf, April 2007 Summary: Claire Brodeur lives an idyllic life in Maine with her husband and daughter. She receives a frantic call from her sister informing her that their mother is very ill. Claire resolves to return...
The Memory of Water
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2008/06/25/the-memory-of-water/
Title: The Memory of Water Author: Karen White Summary: The Memory of Water is a story of family bonds that bend but never break. Marnie Maitland and her sister Diana have not seen each other in 10 years. Not since Marnie went off to college...