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Make reading part of your Mother’s Day celebration
Many childhood memories
include sitting on mom’s
lap and reading stories
together. This year, you
can show your mother
how much those
memories mean to
you by giving her a
Mother’s Day gift
that harkens back
to those special
moments spent
together.
Whether your
mom devotes
time each
week to
read
the latest best-selling novel or can
only find a few moments every now
and then to spend some quality time
reading, there are plenty of thoughtful
options available for nearly every
mother regardless of
how often she settles
into a comfy chair
with a good book.
From cookbooks
and memoirs to
suspenseful nonfiction
and coming
of-age stories,
options like
these can be an
excuse for her to
dive into a new
read and steal
a few minutes
of uninterrupted
me-time, which can be a special gift
itself.
Find more stories about motherhood,
mother-child relationships and
other popular topics at Facebook.com/
WilliamMorrowBooks.
A Tale of coming of age
A funny, wise and tender comingof
age novel set in suburban Baltimore
in the 1970s,
“Mary Jane” by
Jessica Anya
Blau is complete
with all the nostalgic
trappings
of the decade.
Th e novel follows
a straightlaced
teenage
girl whose world
opens up aft er
nannying for a
progressive
family in town and the celebrity
couple hiding out there for the summer.
A memorable memoir
A story of unconditional love in the
face of difficulty and the grace of perseverance
“I Have Been Buried Under
Years of Dust” by Valerie Gilpeer and
Emily Grodin is a memoir that details
the journey a mother and her nonverbal,
autistic daughter took to get to a
place where they could finally understand
and communicate with each
other after a breakthrough revealed a
young woman who had been trapped
inside for more than two decades.
A suspenseful story
In “Mother May I,” “New York Times”
best-selling author Joshilyn Jackson
delivers a novel of domestic suspense
in which a mother must decide how far
she is willing to go to protect her child
and the life she loves. A tale of power,
privilege, lies, revenge and the choices
people make - ones that transform
lives in unforeseen ways.
— Courtesy of Family Features
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