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10 Books for Mom

With Mother’s Day just around the corner, we’ve rounded up ten books for mom: ones she would like to read, and ones about motherhood (that she would also like to read). Read on and get inspired to give (or, if you are a mom, drop major hints for what you want to get).

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Five books that moms will love:

For the art-inclined mom: All Things Move: Learning to Look in the Sistine Chapel by Jeannie Marshall (Biblioasis)For the mom who bridges the generational divide: Help! I’m Alive by Gurjinder Basran (ECW Press)For the mom who bridges the (historical) generational divide: The Broken Heart of Winter by Judy LeBlanc (Caitlin Press)For the mom who knows her way around the Vintages section: Wine Witch on Fire: A Memoir by Natalie MacLean (Dundurn Press)For the mom who sees the crime and romance shelves of the bookstore and asks “why not both?”: A Killer Match by Joan Donaldson-Yarmey (Renaissance Press)

Five books about motherhood:

(That they will also love):

For the mom who is grieving: Holden After and Before by Tara McGuire (Arsenal Pulp Press)For the writerly mom: Good Mom on Paper: Writers on Creativity and Motherhood, edited by Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee (Book*hug Press)For the mom who wants to laugh, then cry, then laugh again: Coq by Ali Bryan (Freehand Books)For the mom looking to commiserate with the complexities of aging: Dancing in Small Spaces by Leslie A. Davidson (TouchWood Editions)For the mom with a poetic soul: I Am the Big Heart by Sarah Venart (Brick Books)

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Will you be getting a book for your mom this mother’s day? Let us know in the comments below, or on social media at @alllitupcanada.

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