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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