| The Mother-Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, and Learn Through Their Love of Reading Contributor(s): Dodson, Shireen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060890347 ISBN-13: 9780060890346 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Combining the practical with the personal, "The Mother-Daughter Book Club" tells the story of 10 mothers and their preteen daughters and how their relationships were enriched through a monthly reading club. With step-by-step guidelines, stories, anecdotes, reading lists, sample themes and related activities, it offers practical instructions for starting a book club while encouraging mothers and daughters to learn to talk openly with one another. At a key stage of their daughter's development, mothers will find a hopeful antidote to depression, eating disorders, self-destructive behavior and other problems facing adolescent girls. Most important, The "Mother-Daughter Book Club" shows that reading, learning and spending time together helps girls build self-esteem. With suggested reading lists from authors and experts ranging from Kaye Gibbons, Joyce Carol Oates and Tipper Gore to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Beth Winship and Ann Martin, "The Mother-Daughter Book Club" has the potential to inspire whole networks of reading clubs nationwide. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood - Education | Language Experience Approach - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Teenagers |
| Dewey: 372.416 |
| LCCN: 2006048980 |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 4.22" W x 7.6" (0.75 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Theometrics - Secular |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Newly revised and updated, the 10th anniversary edition of the classic story of how a group of mothers and daughters transformed and enriched their relationships through books Combining the practical with the personal, The Mother-Daughter Book Club tells the story of 10 mothers and their preteen daughters and how their relationships were enriched through a monthly reading club. With step-by-step guidelines, stories, anecdotes, reading lists, sample themes and related activities, it offers practical instructions for starting a book club while encouraging mothers and daughters to learn to talk openly with one another. At a key stage of their daughter's development, mothers will find a hopeful antidote to depression, eating disorders, self-destructive behavior and other problems facing adolescent girls. Most important, The Mother-Daughter Book Club shows that reading, learning and spending time together helps girls build self-esteem. With suggested reading lists from authors and experts ranging from Kaye Gibbons, Joyce Carol Oates and Tipper Gore to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Beth Winship and Ann Martin, The Mother-Daughter Book Club has the potential to inspire whole networks of reading clubs nationwide. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dodson, Shireen: - Shireen Dodson is Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Civil Rights attache U.S. Department of State. Her second book, One Hundred Books for Girls to Grow On, offers a selection of both new and classic titles, and it serves as a companion to The Mother-Daughter Book Club. She lives in Washington, D.C., and is the mother of three children. |