Eartha & Kitt

Author: Kitt Shapiro
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643137557
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
A luminous and inspiring portrait of a Black pioneer and artistic force—Eartha Kitt—and one of the most moving mother/daughter stories in Hollywood history. In this unique combination of memoir and cultural history, we come to know one of the greatest stars the world has ever seen—Eartha Kitt—as revealed by the person who knew her best: her daughter. Eartha, who was a mix of Black, Cherokee, and white, is viewed by the world as Black. Kitt, her biological daughter, is blonde and light skinned. This is the story of a young girl being raised by her mother, who happened to be one of the most famous celebrities in the world. For three decades, they traveled the world together as mother and daughter. Even after Kitt got married and started a family of her own, she and Eartha were never far from each other’s sides Eartha had a very difficult childhood growing up in extreme poverty in South Carolina. She described herself as being “just a poor cotton picker from the South.” She did not have her own familial ties to lean on after being abandoned by her own mother as a toddler and having never known who her father was. She and Kitt were each other’s whole world. Eartha’s legacy is still felt today. Not only do we still listen to “Santa Baby” every Christmas, but many of today’s most influential artists consistently mention Eartha, paying tribute to her groundbreaking stances on social issues such as racial equality and women’s and LGBTQ rights. And she is still widely remembered for her definitive portrayal of Catwoman in the classic Batman television series, voicing the character Yzma in Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove, and her many other movie and Broadway roles. In these pages, Kitt brings her mother to life so vividly, you will feel as if you'd met her. You’ll embrace her love of nature, exercise, simple food, and independence, along with her lessons on the importance of treating people kindly and always being true to yourself. Filled with love, life lessons, and poignant laughter, Eartha & Kitt captures the passion and energy of two remarkable women.

A Daughter's Gift of Love

Author: Trudi Birger
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
ISBN: 9780827607194
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
This story of courage, determination and hope is a powerful and moving memoir that pays tribute to love and devotion and the special bond between a mother and a daughter. Trudi Berger was literally snatched from the flames of the Holocaust. She and her mother were sent to the camps, yet Trudi was saved from death not once but dozens of times—by her will to live, her quick wit, her self-confidence, and especially, her love for her mother. It was this sense of devotion that in the end kept them both alive to see liberation from the camps and a return to life.

Dear Daughters

Author: Susie Davis
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501881078
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
With Dear Daughters, Susie Davis creates a bridge between two groups of women–dear daughters and spiritual mamas. Dear daughters are young women in search of spiritual guidance and spiritual mamas are women just a little further down the road with age-old wisdom to share. Each group has valuable insight for the other and the hope is that the reader will invite someone to come alongside them, pore over the included letters together, and pass along wisdom and advice that will make both lives more beautiful, wherever they are in their God story. This book, ideal for a gift, is a casebound hardcover with ribbon.

Mothers Who Can't Love

Author: Susan Forward
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062204351
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 303

Book Description
With Mothers Who Can't Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters, Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of the smash #1 bestseller Toxic Parents, offers a powerful look at the devastating impact unloving mothers have on their daughters—and provides clear, effective techniques for overcoming that painful legacy. In more than 35 years as a therapist, Forward has worked with large numbers of women struggling to escape the emotional damage inflicted by the women who raised them. Subjected to years of criticism, competition, role-reversal, smothering control, emotional neglect and abuse, these women are plagued by anxiety and depression, relationship problems, lack of confidence, and difficulties with trust. They doubt their worth, and even their ability to love. Forward examines the Narcissistic Mother, the Competitive Mother, the Overly Enmeshed mother, the Control Freak, Mothers who need Mothering, and mothers who abuse or fail to protect their daughters from abuse. Filled with compelling case histories, Mothers Who Can’t Love outlines the self-help techniques Forward has developed to transform the lives of her clients, showing women how to overcome the pain of childhood and how to act in their own best interests. Warm and compassionate, Mothers Who Can’t Love offers daughters the emotional support and tools they need to heal themselves and rebuild their confidence and self-respect.

A Daughter's Love

Author: John Alexander Guy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618499156
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406

Book Description
With the novelistic vividness that made his National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Queen of Scots "a pure pleasure to read" (Washington Post BookWorld), John Guy brings to life Thomas More and his daughter Margaret-- his confidante and collaborator who played a critical role in safeguarding his legacy. Sir Thomas More's life is well known: his opposition to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for treason, his execution and martyrdom. Yet Margaret has been largely airbrushed out of the story in which she played so important a role. John Guy restores her to her rightful place in this captivating account of their relationship. Always her father's favorite child, Margaret was such an accomplished scholar by age eighteen that her work earned praise from Erasmus. She remained devoted to her father after her marriage--and paid the price in estrangement from her husband.When More was thrown into the Tower of London, Margaret collaborated with him on his most famous letters from prison, smuggled them out at great personal risk, even rescued his head after his execution. John Guy returns to original sources that have been ignored by generations of historians to create a dramatic new portrait of both Thomas More and the daughter whose devotion secured his place in history.

Letters to Our Daughters

Author: Kristine Van Raden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781885223500
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
Once in a while an extraordinary work appears that transcends the written word and speaks directly to our hearts. Letters to Our Daughters is such a book. A celebration of the bond between mother and daughter, these intimate and profoundly personal writings reach beyond ethnic, social, and economic boundaries to touch deeply at the heart of the human condition. With tenderness and pride and truths that resonate in all of us, each mother rejoices in the uniqueness of her daughter and desires for her a future filled with hope, strength, and self-worth. Letters to Our Daughters includes over forty letters and photos of mothers and daughters who share their courage and triumph, pain and loss, wisdom and love.

A Daughter's Love

Author: John Guy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054748836X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 406

Book Description
The Whitbread Award–winning author of Queen of Scots presents a “brilliantly observed” dual biography of Sir Thomas More and his daughter (The New York Times). Sir Thomas More’s life is well known: his opposition to Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for treason, his execution and martyrdom. Yet a major figure in his life—his beloved daughter Margaret—has been largely airbrushed out of the story. Margaret was her father’s closest confidant and played a critical role in safeguarding his intellectual legacy. In A Daughter’s Love, John Guy restores her to her rightful place in Tudor history. Always her father’s favorite child, Margaret was such an accomplished scholar by age eighteen that her work earned praise from Erasmus of Rotterdam. She remained devoted to her father after her marriage—and paid the price in estrangement from her husband. When More was thrown into the Tower of London, Margaret collaborated with him on his most famous letters from prison, smuggled them out at great personal risk, and even rescued his head after his execution. Drawing on original sources that have been ignored by generations of historians, Guy creates a dramatic new portrait of both Thomas More and the daughter whose devotion secured his place in history.

Mothers and Daughters

Author: Evelyn Bassoff
Publisher: Dutton Adult
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
Describing the changes a mother goes through during her daughter's adolescence, Bassoff delineates this experience for all mothers, whether married, single, adoptive, or step-mothers.

Things I'd Love You to Know

Author: D.G. Fulford
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781401322403
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Have you ever wished for the chance to talk with your mother or daughter about the things only she would know Things I'd Love You to Know offers another way to celebrate the Bonus Years, the powerful time spent between mother and daughter later in life. It's a do-it-yourself memory book where each page shouts tribute and gratitude, and the chance to tell another story. Created by D. G. Fulford, who is her family's Designated Daughter, and inspired by D.G.'s experiences with her own mother, this beautiful book is divided into sections that will call up experiences that are familiar to women everywhere. It's the ideal way for you or someone close to you to remember and record the milestones and everyday details of a very special relationship. And when writing is easier than talking, this volume offers a wonderful opportunity to connect with your mother or daughter and remind her of everything you'd love her to know. A moving, wise, and beautiful keepsake, Things I'd Love You to Know helps mothers and daughters examine and enjoy the positive, affirming bond that can be forged during a parent's later years. This book--the companion fill-in journal to Designated Daughter--is the perfect treasure for you to share with the person you will always hold in your heart.

Matrimony

Author: Orson Squire Fowler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marriage
Languages : en
Pages : 486

Book Description