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A group of America’s celebrated literary women have come together to tackle a topic close to their hearts: Mom. These highly personal yet often universal stories offer windows into those influential mother-daughter moments that have forever shaped the lives and perspectives of the writers, powerful women—authors, spokespeople, scholars, teachers, and some mothers themselves. Jonis Agee’s mother haunts her daughter’s plumbing. Tai Coleman’s mother struggled to raise five children on her own wits and a single pay check. Heid Erdrich’s mother showed her daughter both the falsity and the truth in the cliché of the “Indian Princess.” Sheila O’Connor’s mother, who ran a road construction company, was not like other mothers. Ka Vang’s mother dodged the hand grenades that her husband’s first wife threw on her wedding day. Morgan Grayce Willow’s mother drove home late at night after selling cosmetics to farm wives as her daughter rode shotgun. In true tales of startling candor and rich insight, these and many other talented writers reflect on the women who raised them, revealing hard work and hardship, successes and failures, love and anger—mothers and daughters. Contributors: Jonis Agee, Elizabeth Jarret Andrew, Sandra Benitez, Barrie Jean Borich, Taiyon Coleman, Heid Erdrich, Diane Glancy, Jan Zita Grover, Denise Low, Alison McGhee, Sheila O'Connor, Shannon Olson, Carrie Pomeroy, Susan Power, Sun Yung Shin, Faith Sullivan, Ann Ursu, Wang Ping, Susan Steger Welsh, Morgan Grayce Willow.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title page, Copyright page
  2. pp. ii-vi
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  1. Contents
  2. p. vii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Storm Warnings
  2. pp. 3-10
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  1. Enough
  2. pp. 11-15
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  1. My Mother’s Heart
  2. pp. 17-26
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  1. When We Were in the Projects
  2. pp. 27-39
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  1. Grown Folks’ Business
  2. pp. 41-54
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  1. Indian Princess, Girl Guide,Plains Mother
  2. pp. 55-63
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  1. M(other)
  2. pp. 65-67
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  1. Motherfood
  2. pp. 69-81
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  1. My Mother Is a Garden
  2. pp. 83-94
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  1. Shall I Jump Now?
  2. pp. 95-102
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  1. Your Mother
  2. pp. 103-110
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  1. Articles from Your Mother
  2. pp. 111-125
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  1. Aftereffects
  2. pp. 127-142
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  1. Dakota Woman
  2. pp. 143-146
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  1. Foreign Labor:Will Be Your Child/Worker
  2. pp. 148-154
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  1. The Ghost at the Door
  2. pp. 155-162
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  1. My DocuMama
  2. pp. 163-170
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  1. Butterfly Cycles
  2. pp. 171-184
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  1. Tough Love
  2. pp. 185-202
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  1. My Good Bad Luck
  2. pp. 203-212
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  1. Riding Shotgun for Stanley Home Products
  2. pp. 213-222
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  1. Acknowledgments
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  1. Contributors
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