Now joining Everyman's Library--the most extensive and distinguished
collectible library of the world's greatest works--is an appealing new
collection in a small Pocket Classics format, perfect for gift giving
and reading pleasure.
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Stories of Motherhood gathers more than a century of literary
celebrations of mothers of all ages. These short stories by a wide range
of great writers illuminate the many facets of our most elemental human
relationship, from birth to death and everything in between.
Lydia Davis and Harold Brodkey explore dizzying encounters between young
mothers and their newborn babies, while Colm Tóibín and Lorrie Moore
portray adult children grieving for their lost mothers. Ron Carlson
probes the forging of a bond with an adopted infant, Barbara Kingsolver
gives us a sparring mother-and-daughter pair whose overlapping
pregnancies lead them to common ground, and Aimee Bender offers a loopy
fable of maternal connection in which a woman gives birth to her own
mother. Willa Cather, Ernest Gaines, and Louise Erdrich dramatize the
strength and sacrifices of mothers in very different walks of life,
while Anita Desai and Amy Tan chart the gulf of misunderstanding and
cultural change that can divide mothers and their offspring in any time
or place--and the ways love can sometimes find to cross it.
These and such other masters of the short story as Sherwood Anderson,
Hortense Calisher, and Alice Munro write memorably about
mothers--having, losing, leaving, and loving them--in modes that range
from lyrical to satirical, from heartbreaking to hilarious.
