I am keeping the blog short this week, since I've been off for a few days. Hopefully I have been doing lots of gardening and cooking and eating, and even perhaps sitting with my feet up while I enjoy a delicious new book. I wanted to expand on my Nightstand review that appeared in this week's Grass Roots Reader. I had to share my love of Ruth Reichl, and recommended her newest book in paperback, For You Mom, Finally. It seemed beset with a great mystery, as its cover and title changed from the hardcover. The marketing gods screamed down from her publisher, Penguin, I guess. Originally it was titled Not Becoming My Mother. That is a huge difference in tone. You can read the "why" in this piece at USA Today.
I loved my mother, and for the most part we got along really well. Would I have chosen the life she did? Heck no. Do I find myself unwittingly making some of the same choices? Well...I don't want to spread gossip, so I won't. Parent-child relationships are almost always challenging, and Reichl's was no different. It is a wonderful book, and it's a short and easy read. Pick it up soon!
See you at the bookstore--
Pamela.
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