A charming tribute to the everyday heroines in a collection of enchanting stories about mothers, daughters, grandmothers, and mothers-in-law. “My new book is about how a woman in her nineties, with a foggy mind, bravely carries on with life, solves global crises, and trains her cat.”
A charming tribute to the everyday heroines in a collection of enchanting stories about mothers, daughters, grandmothers, and mothers-in-law. “My new book is about how a woman in her nineties, with a bit of fog in her head, bravely carries on with life, solves global crises, and trains the cat.” At least those are a few of the things that Wladimir Kaminer’s own mother takes care of. And she’s in good company in these stories. After all, who ensures that the world keeps turning in a reasonably orderly fashion, if not our mothers? They try—more or less discreetly—to steer the fortunes of their offspring, offer advice, and even entrust us with their secret recipe for aspic. Not everything is met with the hoped-for appreciation, but it always makes for a lovely story. Potential mothers-in-law also get their fair share of attention. Anyone who wants to win them over is capable of extraordinary transformations. Wladimir observed this firsthand with his own son...
