Letters to My Mother

Author: Teresa Cardenas
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 1554980577
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 105

Book Description
The narrator of Letters to My Mother is a young Afro-Cuban girl who, upon the death of her mother, must live with her aunt and cousins. Dependent on them and their good will, she finds their taunts about how dark her skin is and their attacks on her behavior, including her choice not to straighten her hair, deeply wounding. To keep her mother alive somehow, and to remember that she was once deeply loved, she writes letters telling Mamita what she is suffering and feeling. Over the course of this powerful and moving novel, the heroine grows up. Her inner strength helps her to overcome her pain and the racism of at least some of the people around her. And her position in the family changes as she learns to accept herself and others.

Letter to My Mother

Author: Georges Simenon
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
Simenon reconstructs his mother's character and personality at each stage of her life and relfects upon the relationship they shared.

A Letter to My Mom

Author: Lisa Erspamer
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
ISBN: 0804139687
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Including letters from Melissa Rivers, Shania Twain, will.i.am, Christy Turlington, and Kristin Chenoweth Just in time for Mother's Day, the next book in the A Letter to My series (after A Letter to My Dog and A Letter to My Cat) takes on mothers, with celebrities and civilians writing letters of gratitude and admiration to the women who raised them, alongside gorgeous, intimate photos.

A Letter for My Mother

Author: Nina Foxx
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476744017
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Thirty-five female writers share their essays and letters—hilarious, heart wrenching, and everything in between—in this wise and poignant collection about mother-daughter relationships. Whether they’re from the US, Caribbean, India, or the UK, all of the contributors to A Letter for My Mother share one thing in common: thoughts that have been left unsaid to their mothers and mother figures—until now. In this moving book, thirty-three women reveal the stories, reflections, confessions, and revelations they’ve kept to themselves for years and have finally put into words. Written through tears and pain, as well as joy and laughter, each offering presents the mother-daughter bond in a different light. Heartfelt and deeply meaningful, A Letter for My Mother will inspire you to admire and cherish that special relationship that shapes every woman.

Letters to My Mother

Author: Ingrid Betancourt
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1613120338
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
Correspondence between politician Ingrid Betancourt and her family, written while she was being held hostage by a Columbian guerilla group. On December 1, 2007, during the arrest of several guerillas in Bogotá, the Colombian police confiscated a short video clip of political hostage Ingrid Betancourt. Accompanying the video was a twelve-page letter, dated October 24, 2007, written by Betancourt to her mother and family. Kidnapped on February 23, 2002, Betancourt has become an international symbol in the struggle for liberty and the fight against barbarity. Before being captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), she was a voice of hope for the Colombian people, leading a courageous fight against political corruption, violence, and illegal detentions. Presented in this small, poignant book is Betancourt’s letter to her mother printed in English, French, and Spanish. From the depths of the Colombian jungle, Betancourt’s words are an impassioned declaration of love to those dearest to her. In addition to this letter is a response to Betancourt written by her children who, since they were teenagers, have rallied public support for their mother’s release. With a preface by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, Letters to My Mother conveys a powerful message of love for family and country, and a heartrending plea for freedom.

Letter to My Mother

Author: Edith Bruck
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Through literary works and public appearances, Edith Bruck, born 1932 in Hungary, has devoted her life to bearing witness to what she experienced in the Nazi concentration camps. In 1954 she settled in Rome and is today the most prolific writer of Holocaust narrative in Italian. The book is composed in two parts. "Lettera alla madre"—an imaginary dialogue between Bruck and her mother, who died in Auschwitz—probes the question of self-identity, the pain of loss and displacement, the power of language to help recover the past, and the ultimate impossibility of that recovery. "Tracce," a story of a journey without return, completes the diptych. Bruck's experimental fusion of memoir and fiction portrays the Holocaust from a female perspective and highlights the role of gender in the creation of memory.

Letters My Mother Never Read: An Abandoned Child's Journey (Townsend Library)

Author: Jerri Diane Sueck
Publisher: Townsend Press
ISBN: 1591940362
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 173

Book Description
When her mother died in a fire, eight-year-old Jerri thought life couldn't get worse. She was wrong. Sent to live with people who didn't want her, Jerri was powerless to stop her once-happy childhood from becoming a nightmare of cruelty and neglect. Only a stubborn belief in her own worth and a fierce will to live allowed her to reach adulthood physically and emotionally intact. This is a book that will inspire not only those who have been orphans or foster children, but anyone who has known the pain of being unwanted. - Back cover.

Breathe

Author: Imani Perry
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807076562
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 184

Book Description
2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist 2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction) Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated) Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love—finding beauty and possibility in life—and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition. Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools. With original art for the cover by Ekua Holmes, Breathe offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience.

Letters to My Mom

Author: Lea Redmond
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452149219
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An easy way to tell your mother how much she means to you. Write now. Read later. Treasure forever: Mom will truly treasure this keepsake forever. The 12, fold-and-mail-style envelopes invite sons and daughters to surprise and delight her with memories, appreciations, and hopes for the future. Seal your letters with the included stickers, postdate, and gift this book to your remarkable mom. When she opens the letters in the future, she'll receive an invaluable gift: a tangible reflection of her child's love. • Each letter is printed with a unique prompt like "A special memory I have of you is.," "From you I learned the importance of.," "I always think of you when.," and "One thing I'm glad we share is.," plus two blank letters to write your own • Makes a great gift for Mother's Day and for a new or expectant mom to gift to her own mother • Created by Lea Redmond, the author of the bestselling Letters to My. book series that has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide Fans of Letters to My Dad, Letters to My Daughter, and Letters to My Love will love Letters to My Mom. Home is where your mom is. Letters to My Mom includes 12 prompted letters that will inspire you to tell your mother how much she means to you. Each letter has a space to write when it was sealed and when it should be opened (will it be tomorrow or in 20 years?). Seal letters with the included stickers before giving this time capsule to mom!

Letters To My Mother

Author: Barb Karg
Publisher: Adams Media
ISBN: 9781598691689
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This touching collection of more than sixty moving letters celebrates the very special gift of a mother's love. Written by people of all ages and backgrounds in appreciation of the mothers who inspired, loved, and nurtured them, these letters confirm that there's nothing like the special bond between mother and child.