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Book Review of The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir

The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir
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Helpful Score: 2


This book addresses where I am in my life right now which is why I liked it. I don't think that anyone without teen-agers would find it as compelling. Yes, there is all sorts of "smell the flowers" and "don't sweat the small stuff" and "be the journey, not the destination" wisdom in here, but the author is at her best when she wraps those philosophic pieties in her actual experiences.