I always miss my mom. Mother's Day would be just one more day I'd feel her absence but for the relentless commercialization. Thanks to that, this day is even harder to deal with.
Jacqueline Rose was so wonderful in so many ways and I was really blessed to be her daughter. Of all the things I am because of her -- there's no question, I am a writer because of her love of books.
So for Mother's Day, I thought in tribute, I'd list the books on her shelves that she gave me (or I snuck) to read. The ones I remember. The ones she loved or admired the most.
Until doing this list I didn't realize how much of who I am and what I write about was influenced by the books my mother loved.
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mothers out there who pass on their love and their passions making us all that much richer for them.
If your mom is still around, you're so lucky. Give her an extra hug from me...
My mother's favorite books....
2.A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
3.Marjorie Morningstar
4.Valley of the Dolls
5.Butterfield 8
6.Portnoy's Complaint
7.From the Terrace
8.All of Nancy Drew
9.Little Women and Little Men
10.Sonnets from the Portuguese
12.The Well of Loneliness
13.The Search for Bridey Murphy
14.The Kinsey Report
15.The Exhibitionist
16.For Whom the Bell Tolls
17.What Makes Sammy Run
18.Myra Breckenridge
19.The Naked and The Dead
20.Catch 22
21.Mila 18
23.Youngblood Hawke
24.Failsafe
25.My Cousin Rachel
26.The Agony and The Ecstasy
27.The Fountainhead
28.Atlas Shrugged
29.Shoes of the Fisherman
30.Candy
31.Lolita
33.Giant
34.Peyton Place
35.Bonjour Tristesse
36.Gentlemen's Agreement
37.The Young Lions
38.A Rage to Live
39.Lost Horizons
40.Rebecca