The Quotable Mom

by Edited by Kate Rowinski

• ISBN13: 9781599215617
• ISBN10: 1599215616
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Publisher: The Lyons Press

Summary

The Quotable Momis a heartwarming collection of humorous, profound, thoughtful, and compelling observations about and by motherswith contributors as diverse as Beatrix Potter, Mark Twain, Eleanor Roosevelt, Ann Landers, Harry Truman, Mother Teresa, Mick Jagger, and Oprah Winfrey. "Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother." Oprah Winfrey "Every minute in the presence of a child takes seven minutes off your life." Barbara Kingslover "In the end, it's not what you do for your children, but what you've taught them to do for themselves." Ann Landers "The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all." Benjamin Spock

Author Biography

Kate Rowinski is the coauthor of The L.L. Bean Outdoor Photography Handbook and editor of The Quotable Cook (both Lyons Press). She divides her time between Yarmouth, Maine, and Charlottesville, Virginia.