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Staff Favorites May 2019 Since we celebrated Mother's Day earlier this month we thought we'd have a little fun with May's Staff Favorites and share all of our favorite literary moms! (Even the really scary ones.)
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Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
You'd have a hard time finding a more loving and dedicated mother than practical, gentle, indefatigable Marmee. Whether she was running an impoverished household while her husband was away at war, saving her children from Scarlet Fever single handedly, or striving to help shape her daughters' character Marmee did it all with grace and love.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Katie Nolan went to great lengths to shield her son and daughter from the harsher realities in life. Though living in almost abject poverty with an alcoholic husband Katie worked tirelessly to provide a good life for her children making feasts from water and bread crusts and teaching them to hold their heads high even in the face of tragedy.
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The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Though scorned and persecuted by her Puritan community Hester Prynne rises above the tide of disapproval and condemnation to raise her illegitimate daughter Pearl and build a life for them both in early America.
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K Rowling
There are a few moms who deserve shoutouts in this series. Harry's mother makes the ultimate sacrifice to ensure her son survives Lord Voldemorts's attack. And is there a cooler mom in the world than Mrs. Weasley? She was a powerful witch (and a really great cook) who would do anything to keep her children safe, even take on the most evil witches and wizards in the world.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
With her son Timothy sick with pneumonia and unable to leave home, mouse mother Mrs. Frisby must brave the famer's plow, a killer cat, and rat's of superior intelligence to save her family! A braver mouse or more devoted mother never lived.
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The Giving Tree
by Shel Silverstein
While perhaps not a mother in the most traditional sense the loving tree in this allegorical story nevertheless gives everything she possibly can to ensure that the little boy she loves has everything he needs.
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Room : a novel
by Emma Donoghue
eTo spare her young son Jack the truth about the terrifying reality of their situation Ma does everything she can to ensure Jack has a happy and healthy life within the confines of a tiny room they are hidden away in.
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Carrie
by Stephen King
Carrie's religious zealot mother Margaret is one of the most villainous monster's on this list but also one of the most memorable. Believing her daughter's telekinetic abilities are sent from the devil she tries to hide Carrie's powers from the world but is ultimately unable to prevent disaster.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette : a novel
by Maria Semple
Bernadette loves her daughter Bee intensely. So much so that the agoraphobic former-architect agrees to go on a trip to Antarctica when Bee gets all A’s on her report card.Talk about devotion!
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A Game of Thrones
by George R. R Martin
No list would be complete without the truly frightening Cersei Lannister. The homicidal queen loves her children and will (literally) "burn cities to the ground" if she has to in order to protect them.
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