I’ve brought myself to my favorite café this Sunday afternoon to think about Hila Blum’s How to Love Your Daughter, a novel that bears a lot of thinking about.
I have wanted to discuss this book with someone and here you are! Love this: "Moving in and out of time as Yoella unravels memories in bits and pieces trying to understand what she did wrong, How to Love Your Daughter crabwalks toward the bad thing. Each new piece of knowledge brings you anxiously, deliciously closer to seeing what Yoella was blinded to as she and her daughter moved toward the rift neither of them could have imagined when Leah was a child." Thank you for writing this.
I only have sons but I have two grand daughters on the way. From my own experience, I can't speak to daughters, but I can say for sure, that this mother felt and continues to feel the same way about her sons and her two year old grandson. Thank you for such a thoughtful and meantingful essay!
Oh, Barb, these lines - "Please let life be kind to her. And when it isn’t, please let me know what to do." - brought tears to my eyes. Isn't that the truth of what it feels like to be a mother? Thanks for the book recommendation. I'll check it out!
Thanks, Tracy!
I really loved this post, Barb. I'll check out this book.
I have wanted to discuss this book with someone and here you are! Love this: "Moving in and out of time as Yoella unravels memories in bits and pieces trying to understand what she did wrong, How to Love Your Daughter crabwalks toward the bad thing. Each new piece of knowledge brings you anxiously, deliciously closer to seeing what Yoella was blinded to as she and her daughter moved toward the rift neither of them could have imagined when Leah was a child." Thank you for writing this.
I only have sons but I have two grand daughters on the way. From my own experience, I can't speak to daughters, but I can say for sure, that this mother felt and continues to feel the same way about her sons and her two year old grandson. Thank you for such a thoughtful and meantingful essay!
Tough & wonderful
Beautiful review. So wise.
Wow. Loved this Barb. Always wish for a gaggle of Mothers to coffee klatch about this very topic.
Oh, Barb, these lines - "Please let life be kind to her. And when it isn’t, please let me know what to do." - brought tears to my eyes. Isn't that the truth of what it feels like to be a mother? Thanks for the book recommendation. I'll check it out!