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FROM: "Shirley Gidley" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 3/21/01, 3:31 PM

I hope this request is not too vague. Male customer needs suggestions for
his 13-yr-old daughter whose mother is divorced 2 or 3 times. Each time, the
daughter is brought into the "new" family, and then it goes away. She won't
talk about it, but he knows it must bother her to some extent. He's looking
more for books to help the daughter understand her mother, recognize the
fact she has good AND bad points. Fiction or non-fiction suggestions would
be helpful.
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FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 3/21/01, 3:51 PM

Although the protagonist is a boy, Cynthia Voigt's A SOLITARY BLUE paints a vivid picture of his fascinating, idealistic, generous but shallow and ultimately disappointing mother.


Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
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I hope this request is not too vague. Male customer needs suggestions for
his 13-yr-old daughter whose mother is divorced 2 or 3 times. Each time, the
daughter is brought into the "new" family, and then it goes away. She won't
talk about it, but he knows it must bother her to some extent. He's looking
more for books to help the daughter understand her mother, recognize the
fact she has good AND bad points. Fiction or non-fiction suggestions would
be helpful.
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FROM: "Jeanne Linn" <[removed]@libby.org>
REC'D: 3/21/01, 4:02 PM

If you don't think it is a bit much for a 13 yr. old....Elizabeth Berg's
"What We Keep" would be pretty good. Jeanne Linn


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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Shirley Gidley
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 2:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Mother-Daughter books

I hope this request is not too vague. Male customer needs suggestions for
his 13-yr-old daughter whose mother is divorced 2 or 3 times. Each time, the
daughter is brought into the "new" family, and then it goes away. She won't
talk about it, but he knows it must bother her to some extent. He's looking
more for books to help the daughter understand her mother, recognize the
fact she has good AND bad points. Fiction or non-fiction suggestions would
be helpful.
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FROM: Greta Ulrich <[removed]@nileslibrary.org>
REC'D: 3/21/01, 4:02 PM

"What Girls Learn" by Karin Cook might be worth considering. It's a
well-written, touching story about a mother and her two daughters and the
mother's remarriage. The mother is a good person but somewhat flawed.

Greta Ulrich
Niles Public Library
Niles, IL

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley Gidley [[removed]@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 3:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Mother-Daughter books

I hope this request is not too vague. Male customer needs suggestions for
his 13-yr-old daughter whose mother is divorced 2 or 3 times. Each time, the

daughter is brought into the "new" family, and then it goes away. She won't

talk about it, but he knows it must bother her to some extent. He's looking

more for books to help the daughter understand her mother, recognize the
fact she has good AND bad points. Fiction or non-fiction suggestions would
be helpful.
_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Lynn K. Silence" <[removed]@imail.slcl.lib.mo.us>
REC'D: 3/21/01, 4:12 PM

I don't know if this title might not be too advanced for a 13-year old, but
FEELING SORRY FOR CELIA, by Jaclyn Moriarty might be helpful. Celia's
parents are divorced, although the father has remarried, and the
mother/daughter relationship is definitely strained.

lks
Lynn K. Silence Manager, Collection Development
St. Louis County Library
300 Clarkson Road Ellisville, Missouri 63011
Voice: 636-227-1138 Fax: 636-227-9632
"In the beginning there was the book, and the book inspired
and angered others to write books, and when the people could
no longer cope...they begat libraries, and the Lord said, 'I don't
know what else we can do.' " Anonymous

FROM: Viccy Kemp <[removed]@cityofcarrollton.com>
REC'D: 3/21/01, 4:23 PM

Dear Shirley,
He might try Gail Godwin's "The finishing school." This is about a 14-year
old girl whose mother gets divorced and they have to move in with her
mother's sister (the girl's aunt). The girl feels her mother is a complete
loser and finds solace with an older woman who becomes the girl's heroine.
However, in the end, the girl discovers that even heroes have feet of clay.
But she also finds that she is stronger than she knew she was before.
HTH
Viccy Kemp
The opinions are my own; the library wouldn't want 'em!

-----Original Message-----
From: Shirley Gidley [[removed]@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 3:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Mother-Daughter books

I hope this request is not too vague. Male customer needs suggestions for
his 13-yr-old daughter whose mother is divorced 2 or 3 times. Each time, the

daughter is brought into the "new" family, and then it goes away. She won't

talk about it, but he knows it must bother her to some extent. He's looking

more for books to help the daughter understand her mother, recognize the
fact she has good AND bad points. Fiction or non-fiction suggestions would
be helpful.
_________________________________________________________________
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FROM: "Linda Lundquist" <[removed]@mediaone.net>
REC'D: 3/21/01, 9:09 PM

You might try "Hope was Here" by Joan Bauer. Sixteen-year-old Hope lives
with her aunt because her mother is not exactly the stay-at-home type.

A couple of titles dealing with the loss of a mother would be "The Turnabout
Shop" by Rodowsky (girl goes to live with a college friend of her mother
after mom's death) and "Because of Winn-Dixie" by DiCamillo, a delightful
and gentle story of friendship. India Opal Buloni's mother has left her to
her preacher father, who has brought her to a small town in Florida where
she meets a lovable mutt in a supermarket and grapples with her mother's
abandonment and her own loneliness.

These are not about divorce, but do touch on themes of broken relationships
and feelings of abandonment.

Linda Lundquist
Bartlett Public Library

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