M For Mother

Riddell, Marjorie

ISBN 10: 0552997471 / ISBN 13: 9780552997478

Published by Black Swan, London, 1997

About this Item

Missing DJ if issued, paper edge toned with light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Gloss pictorial boards. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; B&W Illustrations; 192 pages; Originally published in 1954 with a new introduction by Sarah Kennedy. A humourous book showing thay mothers never change. Safely ensconced in the village of Wether Bilbury, Mother reconciles herself to her daughter's move to London. She keeps in constant touch by letter and phone, offering sage advice about hot lunches, warm underclothes and the perils of galloping about London in six-inch heels.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: M For Mother
• Publisher: Black Swan, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552997471
• ISBN 13: 9780552997478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Bacon, Peggy
• Edition: Reprint; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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Synopsis

Safely ensconced in the village of Wether Bilbury, Mother reconciles herself as best she can to her daughter's move to London. She keeps in constant touch by letter and phone, offering sage advice about good hot lunches (milk pudding is most nourishing and rich in vitamins), warm underclothes (combinations are splendid), and the perils of galloping about London in six-inch heels from one bed-sitting-room to another and pints of black coffee.

Reported conversations with disapproving aunts, inquisitive neighbours, and triumphant friends whose daughters have married well or have steady jobs with pensions, underline the hopelessness of Mother's cause. But she battles on bravely, sustained by the knowledge that ‘When you're eighty and your wasted life is a mirror of empty cosmetic jars and bed-sitting-rooms with no roots ... at least you won't be able to turn round and blame me.'

First published in 1954, this enchantingly funny book is essential reading for everyone who's ever had, or been, a mother.

About the Author

Marjorie Riddell also wrote The Big City, A Model Beginning, and Press Story. She lived in Surbiton, Surrey.