{"product_id":"about-my-mother-true-stories-of-a-horse-crazy-daughter-and-her-baseball-obsessed-mother-a-memoir","title":"About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAbout My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003ePeggy Rowe\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781948677165\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eForefront Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e192\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller! \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Message from Mike Rowe, the \u003ci\u003eDirty Jobs \u003c\/i\u003eGuy: Just to be clear, \u003ci\u003eAbout My Mother \u003c\/i\u003eis a book about my grandmother, written by my mother. That's not to say it's not about my mother--it is. In fact, \u003ci\u003eAbout My Mother \u003c\/i\u003eis as much about my mother as it is about my grandmother. In that sense, it's really a book about \"mothers.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e...It is not, however, a book written by me. True, I did write the foreword. But it doesn't mean I've written a book about my mother. I haven't. Nor does it mean my mother's book is about her son. It isn't. It's about my grandmother. And my mother. Just to be clear.--Mike \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A love letter to mothers everywhere, \u003ci\u003eAbout My Mother\u003c\/i\u003e will make you laugh and cry--and see yourself in its reflection. Peggy Rowe's story of growing up as the daughter of Thelma Knobel is filled with warmth and humor. But Thelma could be \u003ci\u003eyour \u003c\/i\u003emother--there's a Thelma in \u003ci\u003eeveryone's \u003c\/i\u003elife. She's the person taking charge--the one who knows instinctively how things should be. Today, Thelma would be described as an alpha personality, but while growing up, her daughter Peggy saw her as a dictator--albeit a benevolent, loving one. They clashed from the beginning--Peggy, the horse-crazy tomboy, and Thelma, the genteel-yet-still-controlling mother, committed to raising two refined, ladylike daughters. Good luck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When major league baseball came to town in the early 1950s and turned sophisticated Thelma into a crazed Baltimore Orioles groupie, nobody was more surprised and embarrassed than Peggy. Life became a series of compromises--Thelma tolerating a daughter who pitched manure and galloped the countryside, while Peggy learned to tolerate the whacky Orioles fan who threw her underwear at the television, shouted insults at umpires, and lived by the orange-and-black schedule taped to the refrigerator door. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sometimes it takes a little \u003ci\u003edistance\u003c\/i\u003e to appreciate the people we love.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Forefront Books","offers":[{"title":"About My Mother: True Stories of a Horse-Crazy Daughter and Her Baseball-Obsessed Mother: A Memoir | Peggy Rowe | Hardcover | 9781948677165 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1770860","offer_id":49550618460312,"sku":"1770860","price":174.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81KLaLKdqgL.jpg?v=1784901881","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/about-my-mother-true-stories-of-a-horse-crazy-daughter-and-her-baseball-obsessed-mother-a-memoir","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}