Give Mom a Great Read
Article by liz
Mothers’ Day is May 11! Mothers’ Day marks the perfect time to celebrate the women in your life, especially your mothers and mother figures, by showering them with love, care, and appreciation. Naturally, we at Brazos Bookstore believe that there’s no better way to show your love than the gift of a book. If the holiday’s crept up on you this year, don’t worry: you’ve still got plenty of time to get a gift for the mothers in your life! Be the favorite child this year with one of our great Mothers’ Day selections.
COOK FOR MOM--THEN GIVE HER THE RECIPE!
What better way to repay Mom for all those years of care than by cooking HER a meal for a change? Pick up any of these cookbooks this week and teach yourself how to cook something with love in time for Mothers’ Day! For the inexperienced, Kelsey Nixon’s KITCHEN CONFIDENCE will get you up to speed in no time, and the quick, healthy recipes in BOBBY DEEN’S EVERYDAY EATS make a great gift for health-conscious families on the go. Or, if your family loves big meals and comfort food, try Houston native and MasterChef winner Christine Ha’s RECIPES FROM MY HOME KITCHEN for Ha’s blend of Vietnamese comfort food and American standards. We have signed copies of Bobby Deen, Kelsey Nixon, and Christine Ha’s books while supplies last, so hurry for an extra-special gift!
GET MOM SOMETHING GREAT TO READ
If your mom loves nothing quite so much as a good read, we’ve got you covered with books of every kind. We still have signed first editions of bibliophile favorites Elizabeth Strout’s THE BURGESS BOYS and Amy Tan’s THE VALLEY OF ENLIGHTENMENT in limited quantities, so get them before they’re gone! For the media-loving mother, MARY AND LOU AND RHODA AND TED offers a glimpse behind the scenes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and into the lives of the cast, crew, and female writers who lent their own stories to the groundbreaking sitcom. And there’s something for everyone in THE MOST OF NORA EPHRON, a collection of Ephron’s wit and wisdom in every format: essays, journalism, stage and screenplays, and more.
NON-TRADITIONAL FAMILIES
Not all families fit the traditional mother-father-child model, but those families deserve celebrating, too! TEACHING THE CAT TO SIT by Michelle Theall offers a warm and heartfelt look at being gay and a parent, sharing not only her personal-turned-public struggle to have her son enrolled in Catholic school, but also her own internal family conflicts over her sexuality. For the strong women in your life that may have taught you what a mother couldn’t, pick up REDEFINING REALNESS, Janet Mock’s riveting and courageous autobiography of her life as a transgender woman in the public eye. Her story redefines realness, courage, self-determination, and the true meaning of female solidarity.
MEMOIRS OF MOTHERS
It’s the season for celebrating mothers and their stories, and Mom will find a lot to love in these funny, heartwarming, and deeply felt memoirs of women and their families. Elaine Lui’s LISTEN TO THE SQUAWKING CHICKEN paints a loving, complex relationship between mother and daughter with deliciously readable and deeply hilarious prose. THE MADWOMAN IN THE VOLVO gives a candid and laugh-out-loud look at Sandra Tsing Loh’s life as a mother and artist while she navigates her rollercoaster ride through menopause. You’ll need tissues for both of these books, for tears of the happy AND sad varieties.
