Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
It’s a Girl: Women Writers on Raising Daughters
Edited by Andrea J. Buchanan
Seal Press, 247 pages, $14.95 paper
Don’t be fooled by the pink cover: This anthology of essays by mothers on raising daughters is fiercely honest, ironic and tender, although certainly not defined by that tenderness. With contributions from such writers as Carolyn Alessio, who will be on a panel discussing the book at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Book Fair (visit www.printersrowbookfair.org for details), the collection leads to reflections on the girl experience today–from the mean-girl scene and hazing to the prom.
