“Every Mother Is a Daughter: The Neverending Quest for Success, Inner Peace, and a Really Clean Kitchen”
by Perri Klass and Sheila Solomon Klass (Ballantine Books, $23.95)
This mother-daughter team engages in a winding conversation about everything from childbirth to dirty dishes in this funny, sweet and smart memoir.
1. Mothers and daughters can honestly explore their differences, gently rib each other and come to a new understanding by taking turns writing journal-type pages.
2. The top 10 Yiddish epithets are: nudnik (bore), schnorrer (beggar), schnook (dope), apikoiris (heretic), chochem (wise guy), pascudniak (lousy person), goniff (thief), schlemiel (luckless fellow), meshuggenah (crazy man) and Moishe Poopik (Mr. Nobody).
3. “When you knit for people you love, you are acting out of generosity, of course, but you are also intruding, just a little, into their lives.”
4. Cabbage-rolling is an acquired art. (Recipe, Page 44.)
5. If you happen to be near the Taj Mahal when the moon is full, take advantage of the recent court ruling that allows for moonlight tours of the Taj.
