Overview
ā¦It is not, however, a book written by me. True, I did write the foreword. But it doesnāt mean Iāve written a book about my mother. I havenāt. Nor does it mean my motherās book is about her son. It isnāt. Itās about my grandmother. And my mother. Just to be clear.āMikeĀ
A love letter to mothers everywhere,Ā About My MotherĀ will make you laugh and cryāand see yourself in its reflection. Peggy Roweās story of growing up as the daughter of Thelma Knobel is filled with warmth and humor. But Thelma could beĀ yourĀ motherāthereās a Thelma inĀ everyoneāsĀ life.Ā Sheās the person taking chargeāthe one who knows instinctively how things should be. Today, Thelma would be described as an alpha personality, but while growing up, her daughter Peggy saw her as a dictatorāalbeit a benevolent, loving one. They clashed from the beginningāPeggy, the horse-crazy tomboy, and Thelma, the genteel-yet-still-controlling mother, committed to raising two refined, ladylike daughters. Good luck.
When major league baseball came to town in the early 1950s and turned sophisticated Thelma into a crazed Baltimore Orioles groupie, nobody was more surprised and embarrassed than Peggy. Life became a series of compromisesāThelma tolerating a daughter who pitched manure and galloped the countryside, while Peggy learned to tolerate the whacky Orioles fan who threw her underwear at the television, shouted insults at umpires, and lived by the orange-and-black schedule taped to the refrigerator door.Ā
Sometimes it takes a littleĀ distanceĀ to appreciate the people we love.
This book title, About My Mother (True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir), ISBN: 9781948677165, by Peggy Rowe, Mike Rowe, published by Forefront Books (November 13, 2018) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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