Daniel Goldin joins us on What's Brewing Wisconsin to share some books about mothers and daughters.
I’m Glad My Mom Died, by Jennette McCurdy. This memoir is about a young child actor, best known for her Nickelodeon star turns, who grew up with a dysfunctional stage mother. However, this book reads like The Glass Castle or Educated, observational, but with a distance.
The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich. Crystal drives a truck. Her daughter Kismet is in high school, is torn between two boys, the athlete and farmer-to-be, Gary, and the bookish Hugo. Crystal, Kismet, and Hugo all have an indigenous background, but are somewhat removed from it. This is a bookend to Erdrich’s own Beet Queen, set amidst the sugar beet fields of North Dakota.
Like Mother, Like Mother, by Susan Rieger. Lila Pereira was a great newspaperwoman, but she was not a great mother. Her oldest two daughters had each other, but her youngest, Grace, was raised by her father. She faces an embarrassing moment when Grace’s roman à clef gets published just as Lila is being memorialized. But what is true and what is not?
Daniel Goldin has an upcoming book talk; the free program's book sales will benefit the Friends of the Elm Grove Library.
Daniels Book Talk:
December 2
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Elm Grove Library
For more information, visit Goldin's Book Talk
