{"id":1778,"date":"2012-05-13T11:06:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T15:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2012-05-13T11:06:06","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T15:06:06","slug":"mothers-day-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/birthmarked\/mothers-day-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother’s Day Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we\u2019re celebrating moms, think back to the books that you associate most with your mothers and grandmothers.\u00a0 Here are a few of my favorites:<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Pat the Bunny<\/a><\/em>, by Dorothy Kunhardt<\/p>\n

I swear my Nonna read this to me every time I visited her house when I was little.\u00a0 I remember sitting side-by-side with her on her green couch and poking my finger through the ring page.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Kristin Lavrensdatter<\/a><\/em>, by Sigrid Undset<\/p>\n

Once I grew up, this was the novel Nonna urged me to read as one she loved herself.\u00a0 She promised it would change with me over time, so I should read it while I was young.\u00a0 The historical epic of a Norwegian girl who defies her loving father and marries for passion gave Nonna and me plenty to talk about.\u00a0 I\u2019m due for another read, and I have an old, used copy of it standing by.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>A Girl of the Limberlost<\/a><\/em>, by Gene Stratton-Porter<\/p>\n

Summer nights, up at the cabin, my mom read this out loud to me and my siblings when I was a tween.\u00a0 The story of a girl exploring the beauty and latent power of the limberlost was perfect for my own time in the woods.\u00a0 Mom was reading it a chapter a night to us, but I would steal the book to read ahead.\u00a0 I reread Elnora\u2019s story every June.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Seventeenth Summer<\/a><\/em>, by Maureen Daly<\/p>\n

I throw this in because my mom routinely tells me I have to read this novel, but for some reason, I never can get into it. \u00a0Since Mom has now given a copy to my daughter, I can borrow hers. \u00a0Maybe. \u00a0\u00a0Moms love us even when we don\u2019t do what they tell us to do.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>These Old Shades<\/a><\/em>, by Georgette Heyer<\/p>\n

Really, just the name Georgette Heyer summons the image of paperbacks piled beside my mother\u2019s bed.\u00a0 Mom was always reading them when I was growing up, and as my sisters and I hit our teens, she passed the romances along to us.\u00a0 Who can resist a girl in disguise as a page?
\nNowadays, Mom and I share Julia Quinns with similar gusto.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>At Home in Mitford<\/a><\/em>, by Jan Karon<\/p>\n

My mother-in-law and I have consumed this series of the inimitable Fr. Tim and his parish in fictional Mitford, NC.\u00a0 How the stories can be both light and tear-jerking mystifies me, but they make me want to slow down, sit back, and be a kinder person.<\/p>\n

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What are some of the books you connect with your mothers and grandmothers?\u00a0 I\u2019d love to hear.\u00a0 Special hugs to you, Mom!\u00a0 Mmuah!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While we\u2019re celebrating moms, think back to the books that you associate most with your mothers and grandmothers.\u00a0 Here are a few of my favorites:   Pat the Bunny, by Dorothy Kunhardt I swear my Nonna read this to me every time I visited her house when I was little.\u00a0 I remember sitting side-by-side with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthmarked","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1778"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1799,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1778\/revisions\/1799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}