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Unabridged CDs, 2 CDs, 2 hours Read by the author Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life, giving voice to the universal unarticulated truth that we are grateful not to be our mothers.
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When I was a child, you were my entire world. From diapers to discipline... You took care of my every need. As a teenager, I wanted you to walk away from your role as ever-present guardian. Searching for my own identity and flapping my wings in an awkward attempt to fly, I thought I was on my own. You simply stepped back far enough to give me space, yet stayed closed enough to make sure I didn't fall out of the nest. Despite frequent setbacks and awkward attempts to prove myself, you were always...
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Celebrate your Mother with our colorful and undeniably whimsical “My Mother and Me” print by renowned artist and writer Suzy Toronto. The verse will not only make you smile, but will touch your heart too. We personalize the print with any 2 names up to 10 characters each. The print is artfully matted and framed in our handsome black 11x14" wood frame under glass.
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Lies My Mother Never Told Me (A Memoir) (Large Print) (Paperback)
Description An acclaimed writer recalls her relationship with her alcoholic mother-- particularly the aftermath of the death of her father, the prize-winning novelist James Jones--in a memoir that explores not only the mother's addiction, but that of the her daughter as well. (Biography autobiography). Simultaneous.
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Pub. Date: January 2000. Publisher: Kids Can Press, Limited. Format: Paperback, 32pp. Sales Rank: 377,906.
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Bestselling author Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed, openhearted investigation of her mother's life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew.
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Author: Drake, Jane ISBN: 1550746359 Pages: 32 Subject: Crafts & Hobbies - Diaries & Journals Publisher: Kids Can Press Info from Publisher: Continuing the familial theme, the "Memory Scrapbooks for Kids series adds My Mother and Me and My Father and Me, also by Drake and Love, illus. by Scot Ritchie. Kids can both record memories and make new ones by filling in information and adding photos with the help of a parent. Bright borders frame the cartoon-scattered pages, and a pocket in the back cover...
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My Mother and Me (Memory Scrapbooks for Kids)
This memory scrapbook is a wonderful way for kids and parents to share memories and spend time together, creating a treasured family keepsake. They'll spend hours together completing a family tree, comparing likes and dislikes and sharing secrets. Designed like the other books in this popular series, there are lots of places to draw, paste in photos and write. There's even a pocket at the back to hold letters and souvenirs and a die-cut space in the front cover for a special photo of grandfather and child! A...
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My Mother and Me Description: Description not available. Author: Drake, Jane ISBN: 9781550746358 Format: Paperback Publish Date: 03/01/2000 Publisher: Kids Can Pr Language: English Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
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Welcome to the Future of Scrapbooking! E-Cuts are printable scrapbooking supplies that you download, print, cut-out and use on your layouts and other paper projects. Simply download E-Cuts to your computer and print them as many times as want. E-Cuts are unlike any product currently in the scrapbooking market: This is instant gratification scrapbooking at its finest. Get the beauty and style of intricately detailed tags, title boxes, photo mats, journaling boxes, shaker boxes, photo corners, and...
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Red And Me (my Coach, My Lifelong Friend) (large Print) (paperback)
Red And Me (my Coach, My Lifelong Friend) (large Print) (paperback) - By Bill Russell
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My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me, Maya Angelou
The poet laureate here adopts the voice of an eight-year-old Ndebele girl of South Africa, who addresses the reader as her ``stranger-friend.'' Thandi, whose name means Hope, describes some of her favorite things: the chicken to whom she confides her secrets, the intricately painted houses in her village, the beads her mother strings. Thandi's narration is strong and direct, and provides a lively introduction to a long-neglected people and culture. Its attempts to embrace the reader, however, seem...
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Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way
Bestselling author Ruth Reichl examines her mother's life, giving voice to the universal unarticulated truth that we are grateful not to be our mothers In Not Becoming My Mother , bestselling author Ruth Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed, openhearted investigation of her mother's life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew. Looking to her mother's letters and diaries, Reichl confronts the painful transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly...
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Random House 1963. FIRST EDITION, First Printing. Aqua green Boards w/ decorative stamp, some soiling, black spines w/ gilt titles, slightly rubbed. With frontispiece production photo. Top page edges are green. Text very clean, tight binding Hellmann's little-known adaptation of Burt Blechman's novel, HOW MUCH? starred Walter Matthau and Ruth Gordon and was directed by Gower Champion. Much heralded at the time in such encomiums as this from Mike Nichols, "Brilliant, funny and vicious.". 98 pages
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The Giclee printing process delivers a fine stream of ink resulting in vivid, pure color and exceptional detail that is suitable for museum or gallery display. This art print is produced on a 285 gsm, acid-free paper from the illustrious Arches mill.
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As for Me and My Household, We Will Serve the Lord!...Put your familys commitment to God on display for everyone to see! Featuring the calligraphic artwork of Fr. Eric Lies, this elegant matted print is framed under glass in detailed gold making it an ideal accent for dining and living rooms. Gift boxed. 15 1/2 x 8 1/2.
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My Mother My Writing and Me
Iola Mathews explores a dilemma familiar to many women - how to nurture your own needs and creativity without neglecting your responsibility to the people you love. This brave and honest memoir explores many of the issues facing women in their fifties and the transition towards peace and fulfilment. 'My life was stalled, like a train carriage shunted into a siding. I wanted to write about my early life in Paris but I was afraid. Most of the time I was looking after my elderly mother who was unwell, and now...
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""" Songs My Mother Taught Me is the first collection of literature by this mature and accomplished writer. In her eloquent prose, Yamauchi, a Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) illuminates the neglected social and emotional history of two generations of Japanese in the United States, recalling the harsh lives of rural immigrants, tenant farmers, and itinerant laborers. Informed by her own family history, her stories and plays recreate the wartime relocation of Japanese Americans and their...
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Description Ruth Reichl, beloved food writer and editor of Gourmet magazine, has crafted this loving tribute to her mother, Miriam, who sacrificed much more than her daughter ever knew. After reading Miriam's journals of her youth for the first time, Reichl realized that she knew very little about the woman who would become her mother. Miriam had expansive dreams of becoming a doctor, which were actively discouraged by her family, who warned her to pursue a more "feminine" career while she waited...
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In lyrical prose, award-winning author and professional caregiver Lynn Scott shares her insights and the love she found in an unlikely place. A Joyful Encounter parallels her experience caring for Marietta, an Alzheimer patient, with that of her own mother, who died twenty years before with dementia. This love story explores the wisdom, wit, and irony that transfers from Scott's patients to her own heart, and allows her to forgive her mother, and more importantly, herself, for their difficult past.
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Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way(Hardcover (Cloth))
Having read about Ruth Reichl's eccentric and long-suffering mother in Tender at the Bone, I wasn't sure I was ready to revisit this unusual (or not so) family. Ms. Reichl does a wonderful job of showing us the person at the heart of Miriam Reichl, a woman who struggled against the constraints of 1950's American culture, and who encouraged her daughter to enter a world which, in her own generation, Miriam so desperately wanted to belong but could not access. Most of this book is based on letters...
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This story has been around for forty-five years and has not lost its appeal. A little baby bird falls out of its nest and asks a number of the animals that it meets if they are its mother. Each in turns replies that he or she is not and that they are a kitten, dog, hen or cow. Baby bird is attached to a ribbon and can be removed from the nest. When he reaches the steam shovel which he calls Snort, baby bird can be inserted into the shovel as it lifts the bird up, up, up and back into its nest. There...
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My Avant-Garde Mother and Me is not limited to stories of Mercedes and her mother. Through her extensive travels, Mercedes describes the cultures of other countries, revealing the nature of those countries and the sensitivity of their people.
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Select "Tools" from the top menu. Choose "Internet Options". Click on the "Security" tab. Click on "Custom Level". Scroll down until you see section labeled "Scripting". Under "Active Scripting", select "Enable" and click OK. Refresh this page.
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This framed print entitled "Long Shadow" has an inscription on the dark cherry frame "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Size is 42"W by 24"H
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