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Never Sit If You Can Dance
Jo Giese
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Sachbuch / Biographien, Autobiographien
Beschreibung
An Amazon Bestseller
Jo’s mother, Babe, liked to drink, dance, and stay up very late. When the husband she adored went on sales calls, she waited for him in the parking lot, embroidering pillowcases. Jo grew up thinking that the last thing she wanted was to be like her mother. Then it dawned on her that her own happiness was derived in large part from lessons Babe had taught her. Her mother might have had tomato aspic and stewed rhubarb in her fridge, while Jo had organic kale and almond milk in hers, but in more important ways they were much closer in spirit than Jo had once thought.
At a turbulent time in America,
Never Sit If You Can Dance offers uplifting lessons in old-fashioned civility that will ring true with mothers, daughters, and their families. Told with lighthearted good humor, it’s a charming tale of the way things used to be—and probably still should be.
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“This engaging tribute should ring a bittersweet bell with many baby boomers whose aging parents are dying.” — <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> “Tender, pithy, and steeped in respect, <i>Never Sit if You Can Dance</i> is a light-filled biographical work.” — <i>Foreword Reviews</i> “This book is a jewel. Never has a mother-daughter memoir seemed so fresh and entertaining. Everyone will wish they’d had a mother named Babe.” —Carolyn See, author of <i>Making a Literary Life</i> and <i>Mothers, Daughters</i> “Stories about life, about love, about family. When she was younger, Jo didn’t understand her mother. When she was older, she realized how smart, how special her mother was. You choose the heroine. I choose both.” —Ilene Beckerman, author of <i>Love, Loss, and What I Wore</i> “This snappy mother-daughter memoir brings old-fashioned lessons to life with a clever and modern twist. The book sounds a lingering grace note that brings relief from our warp-speed techno world—and forces us to savor every moment. Kudos to Jo Giese!” —Linda Gray Sexton, author of <i>Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton</i> “You could read this short book on one plane flight—and leave with the satisfying feeling you have been traveling with a delightful, memorable companion.” —Rena Pederson, author of <i>The Burma Spring</i> “‘Babe’ is a life-embracing role model for anyone seeking to make their days dance with love and joy.” —Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey, author of <i>A Woman of Independent Means</i> “Told in breezy anecdotes,this loving tribute to Babe and her lifelong zest for squeezing pleasure from just about everything, is heartwarming and entertaining. I was grateful to have read it!” —Carol Saline, author of <i>Mothers and Daughters</i> “We all need a Babe in our lives! Lucky for Jo Giese having her’s and lucky for us that she’s sharing her with us in this uplifting romp through one woman’s well-lived life. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry and then you’ll want to read it all over again just to get a little more Babe.” —Nancy Spiller, author of <i>Compromise Cake: Lessons Learned from my Mother'
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Mother's Day book, aging parents, motherhood, grateful daughter, parenting and relationships, mother's love book, mother/daughter memoir, manners and etiquette, old fashioned girl, inspirational life lessons