{"product_id":"mother-mother-9780671529987","title":"Mother: Mother","description":"Perhaps our most powerful and significant emblem, Motherhood forms the very fabric of our lives. Mothers leave enduring memories in our hearts and influence our culture -- art, theater, film, literature, and television. In this exceptional collection, some of today's most prestigious and gifted writers come together to share their personal reflections on motherhood. From a woman's choice to become a mother to the intimate inner workings of a mother's relationship with her children, the full, rich cycle of motherhood is brought exquisitely to life. These stories, poems, and essays -- some never before published -- are both real and imagined, and penned by daughters, sons...and mothers. \u003cbr\u003e From Amy Tan's essay on a first-generation American mother and her acculturated daughter to Nora Ephron's account of living under the aegis of a career mother who drank as hard as she worked; from Maya Angelou's moving poem epitomizing the strength of a welfare mother to Mary Higgins Clark's poignant essay about her wild Irish mother; and from Joyce Carol Oates's haunting tale in which a woman finds herself visited by the ghosts of unborn children to Laurie Colwin's stirring story revealing a woman's thoughts and feelings as she's about to give birth, this collection will have you by turns laughing, crying, and waxing nostalgic. Whether you're far from your mother, just a door away, or long for the days when your relationship was simpler, this remarkable anthology promises to touch your heart, calm your spirit, and remain forever in your memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaudia O'Keefe's short stories have appeared in several anthologies and magazines. She is the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eGawkers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlack Snow Days, \u003c\/i\u003e and began her writing career as a correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe St. Petersburg Times.\u003c\/i\u003e She is the granddaughter of Walter O'Keefe, a Broadway composer and radio legend of the 1940s. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she now lives on Treasure Island in Florida\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326811967762,"sku":"9780671529987","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_52ce1842-5b81-425e-b93d-b696d213e99a.jpg?v=1727705718","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mother-mother-9780671529987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}