Comments on: the lie about mothers and daughters http://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:43:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Friday Playdate » busy busy mommies http://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-665 Friday Playdate » busy busy mommies Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:53:02 +0000 https://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-665 [...] Lloyd Burns’ memoir It Hit Me Like A Ton of Bricks and today I finally got around to writing about it. Despite living a life that is the polar opposite of mine, Burns has managed to perfectly [...] [...] Lloyd Burns’ memoir It Hit Me Like A Ton of Bricks and today I finally got around to writing about it. Despite living a life that is the polar opposite of mine, Burns has managed to perfectly [...]

]]> By: Jena http://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-664 Jena Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:25:42 +0000 https://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-664 Nothing to do with the memoir, but... I'd like to recommend for your kids, once they're older (11 or 13, maybe), Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. There's a line in there, which I know if very true and which few people--as you noted--are inclined to consider: "You can remember anything, whether it happened or not." And the whole book starts with, "I never had a brain until Freak came along, and that's the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking." How do you resist that? (The wording might not be exactly correct--my book is on loan to my husband's boss's kid.) Nothing to do with the memoir, but… I’d like to recommend for your kids, once they’re older (11 or 13, maybe), Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick. There’s a line in there, which I know if very true and which few people–as you noted–are inclined to consider: “You can remember anything, whether it happened or not.”

And the whole book starts with, “I never had a brain until Freak came along, and that’s the truth, the whole truth. The unvanquished truth is how Freak would say it, and for a long time it was him who did the talking.” How do you resist that? (The wording might not be exactly correct–my book is on loan to my husband’s boss’s kid.)

]]> By: Ann D http://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-21 Ann D Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:11:38 +0000 https://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-21 I'm enjoying your book picks over @ ThisNext. Your most recent two sound really interesting. Thanks for posting them. Ann I’m enjoying your book picks over @ ThisNext. Your most recent two sound really interesting. Thanks for posting them.

Ann

]]> By: Janelle Brooker http://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-17 Janelle Brooker Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:42:44 +0000 https://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-17 Wow, all so true. We try to be the good mother, the perfect loving mother, but oh so many times do I find myself taking out my frustration with life on my kids. There is nothing better than a slap in the face every now and then to wake us up to our silly self indulgent ways. Wow, all so true. We try to be the good mother, the perfect loving mother, but oh so many times do I find myself taking out my frustration with life on my kids. There is nothing better than a slap in the face every now and then to wake us up to our silly self indulgent ways.

]]> By: daysgoby http://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-16 daysgoby Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:04:58 +0000 https://onegirlreading.wordpress.com/2006/08/24/the-lie-about-mothers-and-daughters/#comment-16 I think I must read this book. I think I must read this book.

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