In honor of Mother's Day, here is a list of books about mothers--the good, the saintly, and the complicated-- and the impact they have on our lives.
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Mothers by Brit Bennett
The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Carrie by Stephen King
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Memorial by Bryan Washington
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Beowulf translated by Maria Dahvana Headley
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
What to look for on our shelves this month:
Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour
There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness: And Other Thoughts on Physics, Philosophy and the World by Carlo Rovelli
Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi
Either/Or by Elif Batuman
The High Sierra: A Love Story by Kim Stanley Robinson
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris
This Woman's Work: Essays on Music by edited by Kim Gordon and Sinead Gleeson
Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World: Essays by Barry Lopez
Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi
The Hawk's Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty by Sy Montgomery
Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Masterpieces by Ruth Millington
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami
Sweet Sweet Revenge LTD by Jonas Jonasson
Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance by Alison Espach
The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History by Jeff Nussbaum
You Have a Friend in 10A: Stories by Maggie Shipstead
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
Green Fire: Extraordinary Ways to Grill Fruits and Vegetables, from the Master of Live-Fire Cooking by Francis Mallmann