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The mother-daughter book club : how ten busy mothers and daughters came together to talk, laugh, and learn through their love of reading /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperPerennial, c1997.Description: 296 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0060952423
  • 9780060952426
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 372.41/62 21
LOC classification:
  • LC6619 .D63 1997
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Why start a mother-daughter book club? -- 2. How to organize your book club -- 3. The organizational meeting : prelude to a great year -- 4. How to find and read books -- 5. How to structure and lead groups -- 6. Discussion -- 7. The mother-daughter dialogue -- 8. Girls will be girls : age and attitudes -- 9. Using themes to guide choices -- 10. Beyond the books.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Vol info Status Barcode
NF NF Chamberlin Free Public Library Nonfiction 372.41 DOD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) LC6619 Available 34517000146327

"A Seth Godin production."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-254) and index.

1. Why start a mother-daughter book club? -- 2. How to organize your book club -- 3. The organizational meeting : prelude to a great year -- 4. How to find and read books -- 5. How to structure and lead groups -- 6. Discussion -- 7. The mother-daughter dialogue -- 8. Girls will be girls : age and attitudes -- 9. Using themes to guide choices -- 10. Beyond the books.

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.

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