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Books about Motherhood
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April 2002
Compiled by Lesley Knieriem,
of Rogers (AR) Public Library, from contributions by the members of Fiction_L.
(To use this list in your library, book club, etc., please include the following credit line: "Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list." This list may not be used for commercial purposes.)
FICTION
Adams, Alice Caroline's Daughters
Alcott, Louisa May Little Women
Allison, Dorothy Bastard Out of Carolina Cavedweller
Alverez, Julia In the Name of Salome
Ansa, Tina Ugly Ways
Arenas, Reinaldo Old Rosa
Atkinson, Kate Emotionally Weird
Belfer, Lauren City of Light
Bender, Karen Like Normal People
Benitez, Sandra Bitter Grounds
Berg, Elizabeth What We Keep
Bird, Sarah. The Mommy Club
Bohjalian, Chris Midwives
Borel, Jacques The Bond
Bradford, Barbara Taylor Her Own Rules
Briscoe, Connie A Long Way From Home
Brookner, Anita The Bay of Angels
Brown, Linda Crossing Over Jordan
Brown, Rita Mae Bingo
Brown, Rosellen Half A Heart
Buck, Pearl The Three Daughters of Madame Liang
Budnitz, Judy If I Told You Once
Bujold, Lois. Barrayar
Butler, Octavia Parable of the Talents
Callaghan, Mary Mothers
Carey, Lisa The Mermaids Singing
Castillo, Ana So Far From God
Chessman, Harriet Scott Ohio Angels
Chukovskaia, Lidiia The Deserted House
Cobbold, Marika Guppies for Tea
Conroy, Pat. Beach Music The Great Santini Prince of Tides
Constantine, K. C. Grievance
Cookson, Catherine My Beloved Son
Coscarelli, Kate Leading Lady
Coupland, Douglas Shampoo Planet
Danticat, Edwidge Breath, Eyes, Memory
Dart, Iris The Stork Club
Daugharty, Janice Like A Sister
Delinsky, Barbara For My Daughters
De Vries, Peter Mrs. Wallop
DeWitt, Helen The Last Samurai
Dodd, Susan Mamaw
Dorf, Fran Saving Elijah
Dorris, Michael Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Duncan, Pamela Moon Women
Echlin, Kim Elephant Winter
Esquivel, Laura Like Water for Chocolate
Ferber, Edna So Big
Finnamore, Suzanne Zygote Chronicles
Fitch, Janet White Oleander
Frederiksson, Marianne Hanna's Daughters
French, Marilyn Her Mother's Daughter
Frucht, Abby Polly's Ghost
Gaffney, Patricia Circle of Three
Garcia, Christina Dreaming in Cuban
Gibbons, Kaye Charms for the Easy Life
Giroux, E. X. The Dying Room
Godwin, Gail Father Melancholy's Daughter Finishing School A Mother and Two Daughters
Goldreich, Gloria Mothers
Goldsmith, Olivia Marrying Mom
Goldstein, Rebecca Mazel
Goudge, Eileen One Last Dance
Graver, Elizabeth The Honey Thief
Graves, Sarah Triple Witch
Griffith, Patricia Browning Supporting the Sky
Guest, Judith Ordinary People
Haddad, C. A. A Mother's Secret
Hamilton, Jane The Book of Ruth Disobedience
Hannah, Kristin Summer Island
Harrison, Jim Dalva
Hartzmark, Gini Dead Certain
Haynes, Melinda Mother of Pearl
Heath, Catherine Lady on the Burning Deck
Hess, Joan Strangled Prose (and other Claire Malloy mysteries)
Hill, Kathleen Still Waters in the Niger
Hill, Weldon. Lonesome Traveler
Hobson, Laura Consenting Adult
Holland, Isabelle The Long Search
Horn, Shifra Four Mothers
Huxley, Aldous Brave New World
Hyde, Catherine Ryan Pay It Forward
Hyman, Tom Jupiter's Daughter
Ignatieff, Michael Scar Tissue
Irving, John. Cider House Rules A Prayer for Owen Meany World According to Garp
Isaacs, Susan Lily White
James. Henry Portrait of A Lady
Jong, Erica Inventing Memory
Kalpakian, Laura Steps and Exes
Kaplan, Hester Kinship Theory
Karbo, Karen Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me
Keller, Nora Comfort Woman
Kelly, Nora Old Wounds
Klimo, Kate Labor Pains
Kraf, Elaine I Am Clarence
Krantz, Judith The Jewels of Tessa Kent
Lamott, Anne Rosie
Lawrence, D. H. Sons and Lovers
LeClaire, Anne Entering Normal
Lee, Tanith Quest for the White Witch White as Snow
Lipman, Eleanor The Dearly Departed Then She Found Me
Lively, Penelope Heat Wave
Lopez, Steven Third and Indiana
Lott, Brett Jewel
Makine, Andrei The Crime of Olga Arbyelina
Maraire, J. Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter
Maugham, Robin The Link
Mickelbury, Penny Where to Choose
Mickle, Shelly Fraser The Turning Hour
Mitgutsch, Waltraud Jakob
Morgan, Jill Mothers and Daughters
Moody, Rick Purple America
Morrissey, Donna Kit's Law
Morrison, Toni Beloved
Mueller, Marnie My Mother's Island
Nelson, Liza Playing Boticelli
Newman, Nancy Disturbing the Peace
Nolan, Christopher The Banyan Tree
Oates, Joyce Carol Broke Heart Blues Snapshots
O'Brien, Edna Time and Tide
O'Carroll, Brendan The Mammy
Olson, Shannon Welcome to My Planet: Where English Is Sometimes Spoken
Osborne, Eliza The Distance Between
Palahniuk, Chuck Choke
Patterson, James Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
Pelletier, Cathie Beaming Sonny Home
Phillips, Jayne Anne. MotherKind
Piercy, Marge Three Women
Pietrzyk, Leslie Pears on a Willow Tree
Plain, Belva Daybreak
Plante, David Annunciation
Price, Reynolds Kate Vaiden
Quindlen, Anna One True Thing
Rice, Luanne Dream Country Firefly Beach
Rizzuto, Rahna Why She Left Us
Robards, Karen Maggy's Child
Robson, Ruthann Cecile
Rodgers, Mary Freaky Friday
Rose, Marcia Like Mother, Like Daughter
Rosenbaum, Thane Second Hand Smoke
Rossner, Judith Olivia
Sharp, Paula I Loved You All
Siddons, Anne Rivers Fault Lines
Simpson, Mona Anywhere But Here
Singer, Katie The Wholeness of a Broken Heart
Soldato, Mario The Orange Envelope
Stansbury, Nicole Places to Look for a Mother
Straight, Susan Highwire Moon
Strout, Elizabeth Amy and Isabelle
Styron, William Sophie's Choice
Tademy, Lalita Cane River
Tan, Amy Bonesetter's Daughter The Joy Luck Club The Kitchen God's Wife
Toole, John Kennedy Confederacy of Dunces The Neon Bible
Tyler, Anne. Back When We Were Grownups Celestial Navigation The Clock Winder Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant Morgan's Passing Saint Maybe
Vance, Susanne Sights
Walbret, Kate The Gardens of Kyoto
Walsh, Jill Paton The Serpentine Cave
Wells, Rebecca Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Wesley, Mary Harnessing Peacocks
Williamson, Eric East Bay Grease
Wilson, Dorothy Lincoln's Mothers
Woolfe, Sue Leaning Toward Infinity
Yamanaka, Lois-Anna Father of the Four Passages
Zigman, Laura Marrying Big Bird
Zindel, Paul The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds
NON-FICTION
Allende, Isabel Paula
Angelo, Bonnie First Mothers, The Women Who Shaped the Presidents
Beardsley, Helen Who Gets the Drumstick?
Blakely, Mary American Mom: Motherhood, Politcs, and Humble Pie
Bloomingdale, Teresa Up a Family Tree I Should Have Seen it Coming When the Rabbit Died
Bragg, Ricky It's All Over But the Shoutin'
Chapman, Fern. Motherland: Beyond the Holocaust
Crawford, Christina Mommie Dearest
De Prince, Elaine Cry Bloody Murder: A Tale of Tainted Blood
Duncan, Lois Who Killed My Daughter?
Ellroy, James My Dark Places: An L. A. Crime Memoir
Ernaux, Annie I Remain in Darkness
Ferraro, Geraldine Framing A Life
Gage, Nicholas Eleni: A Savage War, a Mother's Love, and a Son's Revenge
Gifford, Kathie Lee Listen to My Heart: Lessons in Love, Laughter, and Lunacy
Glickman, Rose Daughters of Feminists
Hahn, Kimiko The Unbearable Heart
Jackson, Shirley Life Among the Savages
Kaufman, Alan Jew Boy
Lamott, Anne. Operating Instructions: A Journal of my Son's First Year
L'Engle, Madeleine The Summer of the Great-Grandmother
Leveridge, Brett. Men My Mother Dated: And Other Mostly True Tales
Lyden, Jacki Daughter of the Queen of Sheba
McBride, James. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother
Ostin, Joyce Hollywood Moms
Peri, Camille Mothers Who Think
Roiphe, Anne Fruitful: A Real Mother in the Modern World
Snyder, Don Of Time and Memory
Steel, Danielle His Bright Light
White, Bailey. Mama Makes Up Her Mind
Wolff, Tobias This Boy's Life
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