The Jewish Daughter Diaries: True Stories of Being Loved Too Much by Our Moms
✍ Scribed by Ament, Rachel
- Book ID
- 108608354
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks, Inc.
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- ar-SA
- Weight
- 421 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 4920148186
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Moms who impersonate their daughters on JDate. Moms who try to set their daughters up with celebrities. Moms who can't stop taking selfies with their dogs. This collection of essays is a heartfelt, hilarious tribute to mom and daughterhood, exploring the often complex, colorful and (at times) claustrophobic relationship. The Jewish Daughter Diaries features stories from some of the most compelling Jewish female voices today, who sound off on what it is like to be loved and adored by a modern-day Jewish mom.
Mayim Bialik:
"My mother met my bewilderment with a sympathetic glance and a modest recounting of my assets as she saw them.... if Barbra Streisand could be so famous and amazing and wonderful with her nose, why should mine be any problem?"
lliza Shlesinger:
"I knew my mom was special because once I asked her, "If a witch turned me into a bug, what would you do? Without missing a beat, she said, "I'd put you in my pocket to keep you with me...