Mother-daughter Book Club How Ten Busy Mothers And Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, And Learn Through Their Love of Reading

Combining the practical with the personal, "The Mother-Daughter Book Club" tells the story of 10 mothers and their preteen daughters and how their relationships were enriched through a monthly reading club. With step-by-step guidelines, stories, anecdotes, reading lists, sample themes and related activities, it offers practical instructions for starting a book club while encouraging mothers and daughters to learn to talk openly with one another. At a key stage of their daughter's development, mothers will find a hopeful antidote to depression, eating disorders, self-destructive behavior and other problems facing adolescent girls. Most important, The "Mother-Daughter Book Club" shows that reading, learning and spending time together helps girls build self-esteem. With suggested reading lists from authors and experts ranging from Kaye Gibbons, Joyce Carol Oates and Tipper Gore to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Beth Winship and Ann Martin, "The Mother-Daughter Book Club" has the potential to inspire whole networks of reading clubs nationwide.Dodson, Shireen is the author of 'Mother-daughter Book Club How Ten Busy Mothers And Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, And Learn Through Their Love of Reading', published 2007 under ISBN 9780060890346 and ISBN 0060890347.