To make sure that children don't stumble into a disturbing story, Cindy Hudson, author of "Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs, " suggests that parents read the novel alongside them.
Example: Last Christmas my mother said she read a good book and tomorrow I will read the book she recommended.
She still has the book of jokes her mother gave her, plus scrapbooks and photos of her mom, like those from her 1979 wedding.
My mother had recently filled half a red Silvine exercise book with startlingly deadpan revelations.
Her book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, hit No. 5 on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction list today.
According to Chua, who expounded on her ideas in a popular book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the typical Asian mom prioritizes academics and musical accomplishment (in classical piano and violin only) over typical fun kid stuff like sleepovers and playdates.
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The story goes that Andy's mother-in-law created a "little green book" over the years, which had her list of top service providers in Seattle.
That term came about when Amy Chua wrote a book called "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" and she wrote about how she pushed her kids to do things like taking violin lessons.
Saddened because I know that this book is nothing more than a tribute to their mother.
Mother Teresa may be a laudable subject, but the Bose book is the inferior of the two.
But her book also tells a more universal story - of a mother's love and a mother's loss, and a tribute to a young life that was cut short before its time.
In a sold-out talk in New York last night, Caroline Kennedy described the process behind the creation of the new book containing a seven-part, 1964 interview with her mother, Jacqueline.
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In the recent book, "Sons Without Fathers: What Every Mother Needs to Know, " authors James Dickerson and Mardi Allan assert that positive role models and an environment of support are key to a child's success.
So, at 3 months, Wendy took some advice from another mother of twins and started the four B's -- bath, book, bottle and bed -- every night at the same time.
The object of this book is food, but the subject really is my relationship with my mother.
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And one more thing I just want to talk about in the context of a specific photo but also in general, you have a photo of a woman with a Mohawk, and her whole section in the book talks about how everybody projects their stuff onto her hair, including her mother, who just is not down with it at all.
Where the book is more original is in its analysis of what often happens to couples when the mother gets sucked into becoming First Parent while the father's career progresses.
The book instantly seizes his imagination, but just as instantly (and traumatically) the memory of his mother vanishes.
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