Mother's Day: 7 Of My Favorite Books As A Mom And A Publisher (PHOTOS, POLL)

In 1995, my mother died in Sweden where she had gone to perform her one-woman show, "I Am Strindberg." Last September my eldest daughter became a mother and I a grandmother for the first time (his name is George).

These books cover what I love as a mom and have published for Welcome Books--for mothers new and old.

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"My Mother's Clothes"

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The first is "My Mother's Clothes" (Welcome Books, $24.95) by Jeannette Montgomery Barron. She was born in Atlanta to a mother with a taste for fashion and an original, quirky mind and a father who was heir to Coca Cola. His money and her passion created an incredible closet of designer names and amazing clothes. Her one daughter, Jeannette, left home first to photograph in the Andy Warhol New York art scene and then to Rome with her husband and two children. She wore jeans. When her mother became ill with Alzheimer's Jeannette flew home and found a way back to her mother through photographs of her mother's clothes. The resulting book is a touching and precious masterpiece of love between a mother and a daughter. It is a book of memories about a woman who had lost hers; it is a book about letting go but never forgetting.

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The first is "My Mother's Clothes" (Welcome Books, $24.95) by Jeannette Montgomery Barron. She was born in Atlanta to a mother with a taste for fashion and an original, quirky mind and a father who was heir to Coca Cola. His money and her passion created an incredible closet of designer names and amazing clothes. Her one daughter, Jeannette, left home first to photograph in the Andy Warhol New York art scene and then to Rome with her husband and two children. She wore jeans. When her mother became ill with Alzheimer's Jeannette flew home and found a way back to her mother through photographs of her mother's clothes. The resulting book is a touching and precious masterpiece of love between a mother and a daughter. It is a book of memories about a woman who had lost hers; it is a book about letting go but never forgetting.

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[TankGirlz]

06:12 PM on 05/09/2010

Operating Instructio­ns" by Ann Lamott is my fav sad to not see it here.

Plus a new Kingsolver I didn't know about!! thanks HP!

[cafelily99]

03:51 PM on 05/08/2010

Pollan's ideas and informatio­n about food was a real eye-opener to me -- my mom didn't have any cooking traditions or instructio­ns passed down to her, so she mainly learned how to cook, what to cook, and what to buy from mainstream America. Never thought of this as a mother's day gift, but would love for my mom to read it. a great idea!

[Gedmund]

07:34 PM on 05/07/2010

"Mother, Come Home" is another amazing graphic novel that tackles subject matter similar to "Mom's Cancer." While not exactly an ideal Mom's Day gift, it's an intensely affecting look at grief, and worth a read by anyone moved by Mom's Cancer (or anyone at all).

[Taylor Sperry]

01:36 PM on 05/07/2010

I loved "The Help"!!! Received a copy as a gift this fall, and it has since fallen into the hands of many book-lovin­g friends... including both of my grandmothe­rs! Would also add to the list "The Glass Castle," by Jeannette Walls. Just a very touching (true) story about family.