{"product_id":"the-mother-daughter-book-club-rev-ed-how-ten-busy-mothers-and-daughters-came-together-to-talk-laugh-and-learn-through-their-love-of-reading-9780060890346","title":"The Mother-Daughter Book Club REV Ed.: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, and Learn Through Their Love of Reading","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNewly revised and updated, the 10th anniversary edition of the classic story of how a group of mothers and daughters transformed and enriched their relationships through books\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining the practical with the personal, \u003cem\u003eThe Mother-Daughter Book Club\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of 10 mothers and their preteen daughters and how their relationships were enriched through a monthly reading club. With step-by-step guidelines, stories, anecdotes, reading lists, sample themes and related activities, it offers practical instructions for starting a book club while encouraging mothers and daughters to learn to talk openly with one another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a key stage of their daughter's development, mothers will find a hopeful antidote to depression, eating disorders, self-destructive behavior and other problems facing adolescent girls. Most important, \u003cem\u003eThe Mother-Daughter Book Club \u003c\/em\u003eshows that reading, learning and spending time together helps girls build self-esteem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith suggested reading lists from authors and experts ranging from Kaye Gibbons, Joyce Carol Oates and Tipper Gore to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Beth Winship and Ann Martin, \u003cem\u003eThe Mother-Daughter Book Club\u003c\/em\u003e has the potential to inspire whole networks of reading clubs nationwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDodson, Shireen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eShireen Dodson is Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Civil Rights attaché U.S. Department of State. Her second book, \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Books for Girls to Grow On\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a selection of both new and classic titles, and it serves as a companion to \u003cem\u003eThe Mother-Daughter Book Club\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in Washington, D.C., and is the mother of three children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51812607918354,"sku":"9780060890346","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf66e274-79e7-4b8c-89db-a10e5b414930.jpg?v=1766492205","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mother-daughter-book-club-rev-ed-how-ten-busy-mothers-and-daughters-came-together-to-talk-laugh-and-learn-through-their-love-of-reading-9780060890346","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}