| The Measure of Our Success: Letter to My Children and Yours Contributor(s): Edelman, Marian Wright (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060975466 ISBN-13: 9780060975463 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: This #1 New York Times bestseller is Edelman's personal letter to her three sons--a inspirational work of love filled with wisdom and advice, such as don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat for and don't be afraid to fail--it's the way you learn to do things right. The first African American woman admitted to the Mississippi bar, Edelman is founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Inspirational - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Self-help | Motivational & Inspirational |
| Dewey: 649.1 |
| LCCN: 92054846 |
| Physical Information: 0.29" H x 5.06" W x 8.06" (0.22 lbs) 112 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Mainline - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Holiday - Mother's Day - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
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| Publisher Description: #1 New York Times Bestseller This book is from the heart of a woman who practices each lesson she preaches. It struck a deep chord in me as a mother trying to raise a daughter in difficult times. -- Hillary Clinton The Measure of Our Success is a book to turn lives around: a compassionate message for parents trying to raise moral children, a tough and searching book that ought to be required reading for every young American. The book speaks powerfully to the author's three sons about the mothering Marian Wright Edelman gave them--mothering, she explains, that could not ignore other people's children who were in greater need. In the book's centerpiece, Twenty-Five Lessons for Life, we're invited to listen as a loving and extraordinarily committed mother gives her children lessons to live by. The Measure of Our Success is an open letter to all America, and a timely message of hope and purpose for everyone. |
Contributor Bio(s): Edelman, Marian Wright: - Marian Wright Edelman is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. She is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Measure of Our Success: A Letter to My Children and Yours, and eight other books. She is the winner of many awards for her work, including a MacArthur Fellowship, the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award, a Heinz Award, and a Niebuhr Award. In 2000, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award for her writings. Edelman is a graduate of Spelman College and Yale Law School. She and her husband live in Washington, D.C., and have three children and four grandchildren. |