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When I Married My Mother
- A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters - and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
- Narrated by: Jo Maeder
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 04-21-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Vivant Press
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $19.95
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Publisher's Summary
"This book is important to every mother and daughter, and to every woman who wants to be one." (Maya Angelou)
An irreverent New York City DJ braces for disaster when she moves to the Bible Belt to care for her estranged, doll-obsessed, hoarder mother. What unfolds in this best-selling memoir is a hilarious, heartbreaking love story that sees elder care and making peace with the past in a most unexpected way.
Suitable for age 15+.
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- kristi g bustamante
- 10-01-16
Loved this book and its author
Wonderful! I have recommended this story to several friends who are also getting to know their parents as "old people". It's encouraging and honest. Personally, I want to look up and find Jo Maeder and ask her to be my friend. She's just someone you like.
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- Victoria
- 08-11-16
A must read for grown up children
A MUST READ for every daughter. No matter what relations you have with your Mom, you can always make it better. Call your Momma today, before it is too late... And listen to this awesome memoir!
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- Diane B Anderson
- 07-26-16
Great Mother and Daughter Story
This reminds me of the time I had mom in her final years. I made me nostalgic for two years ago. I miss my mom everyday. Thanks for a touching memorial to love.
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- Holly
- 05-24-16
loved this. sad it's over.
beimg able to listen to this made it very real. i felt like I was sittimg listening to Jo in my kitchen.
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- Susan Gorman
- 04-29-16
I didn't think the book could get any better...
This book is amazing...full of heart and love...I feel like it was written just for me...it's not very often that I'm at a loss for words but bottom line is EVERYONE should read this book and then buy more to give as gifts...Thank you Jo for sharing your journey with us...
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- Leah
- 06-25-17
Powerful. Real. Raw, at times.
What was one of the most memorable moments of When I Married My Mother?
Every time the author owned her part in the relationship between her, and her mother-no matter how painful. It pained me to have to hear the kind of courage that I'm not sure I possess! I also loved the queens that danced with Mama Jo.
What about Jo Maeder’s performance did you like?
The honest emotion. That made it real. The telling of the way Mama Jo's smile lit up her face over memories or situations made me see it very clearly in my mind's eye. I actually waited in each chapter for that smile to light up her face. It struck me in my heart, I suppose, because early in the book it seemed as though her heart had been permanently trod upon.
I loved how the author told of the relationship with "The best neighbor I ever had" with such tenderness.
The accepting of the truth about her father. That he loved her no matter what.
Any additional comments?
Mama Jo's dolls. The stories behind them. I loved knowing that they weren't 'just dolls' , but that each one had an important story about family history behind it. There was never a need for a book to be written by Mama Jo-it was already written in the memory of each doll. To me, almost every chapter in this book taught me something about the way I should treat other people, and how people need and deserve to be treated-even when they don't fit into my mind's neat little story about how they 'should' be. Thank you for those lessons. Thank you.
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- Colleen Gibley
- 06-07-17
Beautiful story
A must read for anyone caring for aging parents! Very relatable story for daughters and sons alike.