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Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me along the Way - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me along the Way
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780594039310 (0594039312)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, Autobiography, Memoir, Biography, Food And Drink, Food, Adult, Parenting, Biography Memoir, Womens, Foodie, Food Writing
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4.0 Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way
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A moving and surprisingly gripping account of how Ruth Reichl's mother struggled for happiness and meaning at a time--not so long ago--when beauty was a woman's only asset, and marriage and motherhood her only socially sanctioned goals.
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3.0 Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way
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Reichl has always had a peculiar relationship with her mother, a love-hate, an adore-loate, a respect-revolt relationship. Her mother, Miriam, longed to be a doctor, but her parents refused, saying if she became a doctor she’d never fulfill the only real purpose a woman should have in life: to find ...
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This tiny gem stemmed from a speech given to celebrate what would have been the author's mother's 100th birthday. Reichl reflects on womanhood in mid-20th century America and the social pressures that nearly crushed her mother. Digging through the basement on a quest to write her mother's story, s...
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Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me along the Way (MP3 Book) - Ruth Reichl
Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way - Ruth Reichl
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