Synopses & Reviews
During an afternoon of coffee and conversation, a friend of Erin McHughs pointed out that she frequently invoked quotations and memories from her mother. Then Erin started noticing how many other people did the same. It also became clear how humorous, moving, and unusual these gems wereso she decided to do something about it. In
Like My Mother Always Said, McHugh, author of the successful Abrams Image feel-good title
One Good Deed, collects the wonderful and laugh-worthy words that our moms tell us in their attempts to be helpful and instructive. (Whether they succeed or not is another thing entirely!) Offered up in quips and short anecdotes, all the kinds of nurturing and nutty information we glean from our mothers is divided into chapters such as Questionable Wisdom,” Unconditional Love,” Good Manners and Bad Behavior,” and Wise Words.”
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“Kids young and old, ordinary and famous, contributed to this celebration of mothers and the wacky, wonderful words that will echo for generations.”
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“Erin McHugh packs her new book with lovely, screwy, hilarious, and REAL momisms.”
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“Erin McHugh’s collection of momisms will make you laugh, cry, and relate.”
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“The perfect gift for moms and daughters alike.”
Synopsis
Erin McHughs last book, Like My Mother Always Said, collected a rainbow of helpful, humorous, and questionable wisdom from our moms and has been a solid success. Its not fair that mothers should get all the attention, so the next branch on the family tree to explore belongs to fathers. The same crowdsourcing that brought together the scores of quotations and stories for the first book is also at work here. From quips to short anecdotes, the book is divided up into all the sage and nutty information we garner from our fathers in chapters such as “Growing Up Right,” “The Facts of Life,” “Dads Soft Spot,” “Got It from Grandpa,” “The Sporting Life,” and “Ask Your Mother.”
About the Author
Erin McHugh is a former publishing executive and the award-winning author of more than 20 books of trivia, history, childrens titles, and more. She splits her time between New York City and South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.