Because my name is mother

by Deborah Batterman

Overview

With poignancy and humor, Deborah Batterman reminds us in these brief, linked essays that every mother is a daughter, too. The insights she brings to simple acts – looking at old photographs, recalling the smells and tastes of her mother’s cooking, making her daughter’s bed or shopping with her – are as beautifully rendered as they are profound.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014548731
Publisher:	Deborah Batterman
Publication date:	04/22/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	59 KB

About the Author

A native New Yorker, Deborah Batterman has worked over the years as a writer, editor, and teaching artist. A story from her debut collection, SHOES HAIR NAILS (Uccelli Press, 2006; digital edition, 2010), was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Her stories have appeared in anthologies as well as various print and online journals, and she recently completed a novel.

Editorial Reviews

Deborah Batterman fills the senses with her poignant, funny observations of family and modern life, drawing the reader in, revealing layers of existence with the nuanced phrase, the apt symbol. Whether photographs or fabulous shoes, the refrains make this a collection to savor. "There are some things you just never want to come to an end," the author says in "Sweet Indulgence." For me, reading "Because My Name is Mother" is one of them.

Cheryl Snell