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Letters of note. Mothers
Title
Letters of note. Mothers / compiled by Shaun Usher.
ISBN
9780143134725
0143134728
9780525506539
Publication
[New York, New York] : Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2020
Physical Description
xi, 164 pages ; 18 cm.
Summary
"A fascinating new volume of messages about motherhood, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and about mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Mothers
Other formats
Online version: Letters of note New York : Penguin Books, 2021
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2021
Series
Letters of note
Contents
You are an inspiration / Melissa Rivers to Joan Rivers
I know, Mother, I know / Anne Sexton to Linda Sexton
I am Danny DeVito's mother / Julia DeVito to Kirk Douglas
Shine, constantly and steadily / Caitlin Moran to Lizzie Moran
Isn't it beautiful, Mother? / E.B. White to Stanley Hart White
The day after tomorrow I must die / Ichizō Hayashi to his mother
Your eager mother / Jessie Bernard to her unborn child
It's up to you now / B.D. Hyman and Bette Davis
All of us have a role in life / Queen Esther Gupton Cheatham Jones to Renée Cheatham Neblett
She was my whole family / Tarê to her aunt, Horeina
It's never going to be easy / Hannah Woodhead to her mother
She would have enjoyed it enormously / George Bernard Shaw to Stella Campbell
Your loving mother / Mary Isabel Stephens to Margaret Mitchell
Great Spirit / Edna St. Vincent Millay to Cora B. Millay
I have the best mother in the world / Martin Luther King Jr. to Alberta King Williams
I am waiting for you / Sylvia Plath to Aurelia Plath
Dearest Winston, you make me very unhappy / Jennie Churchill and Winston Churchill
The story comes from within you / Laura Dern to Jaya Dern
What is a minute? / Tina LeBlanc Sadoski and Mister Rogers
Maternal love requires no reasons / Richard Wagner to Johanna Wagner
Live a life worth living / Julie Yip-Williams to Mia and Isabelle
Please tell your mother / G.K. Chesterton to Marie Louise Chesterton
I shall always be with you / Milada Horáková to Jana Horáková
My earthly mission is already fulfilled / Vivian Rosewarne to his mother
Your loving daughter / Louisa May Alcott to Abby May Alcott
I am writing to you for the first time after my death sentence / Baya Hocine to her mother
I love her more than anything / Martha Gellhorn to Lucy Moorehead
The loss of you lingers / Karin Cook to Joan Cook Carpenter
Dear Daughters / Patton Halliday Quinn to Edith Quinn
Mom, listen / Wallace Stegner to Hilda Stegner
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