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Author:

Reichl, Ruth.

Title:

For you Mom, finally / Ruth Reichl.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

120, 3 p. ; 18 cm.

Subject:

Reichl, Ruth.
Reichl, Miriam B.--(Miriam Brudno),--1909-
Women food writers--United States--Biography.
Mothers and daughters.
Intellectuals--Biography.
Cleveland (Ohio)--Biography.

Other Titles:

Not becoming my mother

Notes:

First published as Not becoming my mother: New York : Penguin Pr., 2009. "This edition with a new afterword published ... 2010"--t.p. verso. Includes questions for discussion.

Contents:

The Mim tales -- What girls can do -- Finding Mr. Right -- Idle aptitudes -- Chaos -- What we are made for -- Dear Dr. Portnoy -- Rainbows -- Tsunami of pain -- Grateful -- Gifts.

Summary:

Chronicles the mother-daughter relationship of culinary author Ruth Reichl, now editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, and her late mother, Miriam. Miriam Brudno, who bowed to societal and familial pressure to become a wife and a mother over pursuing a fulfilling career, cheered her daughter on and pointed out that Ruth had an obligation, both to herself and to her mother, to use her life well.

ISBN:

0143117343 (pbk.)
9780143117346 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)441177823

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)