Who are some of your "favorite mothers" in books that you have read?
royreyes@yahoo.com
I can immediately recall is Mrs. Weasly, the mother of Ron Weasly in the Harry Potter books. She was the mother that Harry didn't have and she was there when Harry needed a family in the fourth book The Goblet of Fire. Another one is Mrs. Pigza in Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key.
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Pjwhome@aol.com
Mrs. Murry (Meg and Charles Wallace's Mom) from A Wrinkle in Time is absolutely great. Ron Weasly's mom from the Harry Potter series is also pretty good. Adult fiction seems to have fewer "great" moms. I wonder why that is? I'll be eager to see how other people respond so that I can see the moms that I have overlooked!
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enaj@tampabay.rr.com
Amelia Peabody Emerson from Elizabeth Peters's series of Amelia Peabody books is my favorite book mother. She is a wonderfully interesting character --- intelligent, brave, and already a feminist in the late 1800's. Her interaction with Ramses, her son, is funny and always inventive. She's a great role model for women, wives and mothers.
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HOKAJO2@aol.com
Penelope Keeling from The Shell Seekers comes to mind immediately as a "favorite mother." The novel itself is one of my all-time favorite books, probably because of the main character and how she handles her three very different offspring.
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BAY727@aol.com
Some of my favorite mothers in books I have read are Amelia Peabody from the series by Elizabeth Peters, Lucy Stone in the series by Leslie Meier, and Susan Henshaw in her series by Valerie Wolzien.
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Vikkivand@aol.com
Miss Julia in Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind by Ann B. Ross.
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CHamann844@aol.com
My favorite mother of all time is Claudia's mother in the Rose Franken books. I still remember the advice her mother gave Claudia when one of her children was very ill: "you have to hold close with open hands." It is so very true.
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AndreaCarter3270@aol.com
I have no "favorite mothers" in books I've read. Probably because I've never been a mother myself, it has very little place in my experience. My mother was a good and kind woman who loved me deeply, but I have never read about anyone quite like her in any fiction I can think of. Actually, for me, once the action turns into the "I'm going to have a baby" thing or some kind of "mother-daughter" action, I tend to rapidly lose interest. My main interest in parental relationships are in relationships gone bad somehow, or are twisted in some way, as in those of Ted Bundy and his mother and of Jeffrey Dahmer and his parents. THEN I get interested. Otherwise, I'd just as soon skip the subject altogether; it ain't my thing.
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Firered560@aol.com
I have always loved Erma Bombeck. I miss her writing --- she had a way of letting all mothers laugh at themselves through her and her family.
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prismaticangel@hotmail.com
My favorite mothers from books I've read would have to be:
Sibyl Danforth from Chris Bohjalian's Midwives
Suzanne from James Patterson's Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
Taylor Greer from Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven
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FalseMillennium@aol.com
The Nurturing Mother: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Idealized Mother: To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Parenting Mother: The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing
The Displaced Mother(s): The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Seductive Mother: White Oleander by Janet Fitch
The Magical Mother: The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Oedipal Mother: Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
The Madcap "Mother": Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
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LauraJRand@aol.com
Sophie from Sophie's Choice.
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Broadwaybabe62@aol.com
My favorite mother of all times is Marmee from Little Women. She kept her family together through thick and thin and stood by her man when he needed her.
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Dmunnel@aol.com
Mrs. Weasly from Harry Potter.
The mother from The Client by John Grisham.
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Rickimc@aol.com
Margaret Langslow in Murder with Peacocks by Donna Andrews.
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T30MGW1@wpo.cso.niu.edu
The mothers who I most remember from my reading are:
Marmee from Little Women --- in my 10-year-old mind, the sweetest, most caring mother of all time.
Mrs. X from The Nanny Diaries --- to my 65-year-old mind, the most vapid, self-absorbed mother of all time!
Penelope from The Shell Seekers --- this mother reflected exactly the right amount of selflessness and selfishness for her children's own good.
Anne Scott-James who wrote Gardening Letters to My Daughter(Clare Hastings) --- how wonderful to share one's knowledge and love of gardening to a neophyte gardener daughter!
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corrieb@rogers.com
Mrs. March from Little Women OR Mrs. O'Hara from Gone with the Wind
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FATDADMKT@aol.com
One of my "favorite mothers" would have to be Peyton in Stephen White's The Program. I love how she protected her daughter and how she used every ounce of her being to keep her daughter safe. She made me want to stand up and yell yeah!
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mary.donlin@dpw.com
One of my favorite "mothers" in books I've read is the mother inThe Deep End of the Ocean. The character was so well written that I identified with her in so many ways. She also was not a phony character; all her faults were disclosed. Good writing.
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devotee52803@yahoo.com
One of my very favorite mothers in literature is Lucilla Eliot in the trilogy by Elizabeth Goudge (The Bird in the Tree, Pilgrim's Inn,The Heart of the Family). She is very real and complex. She also found a way to be/find herself without having to abandon being a mother.
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sujones@kare.gannett.com
The best mom? Definitely Ma Ingalls in The Little House series of books.
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WendyLuWhu@aol.com
Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest.
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SusanFCarey@netscape.net
In the Aunt Dimity series, the mother, friend to Aunt Dimity, regales her child with stories, never telling her daughter that they are true and there is a real Aunt Dimity. I love these stories and love the concept that such a friendship could exist.
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GRANNANNE6@aol.com
One of my favorite "mothers" is Grandma Mazer in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. She is totally outrageous!!!!
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Toad0212@aol.com
The mother of Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
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billiegirl20@hotmail.com
One of my favorite Moms in literature was Jenny Fields from The World According to Garp by John Irving. She was funny, passionate, caring, sweet, and a little off-the-wall. Okay, A LOT off-the-wall, kinda like all the best moms! I would (and do) recommend this book to everyone, especially those who have not read Irving before. It's a great place to start. Truly a great read! The movie isn't too bad, either.
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