We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk books in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are discussing mothers in literature.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.  

Literally Reading:

Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy (Ellie)

Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews (Traci)

Crack the Book Open: 

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips 

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

The Dutch House by Ann Patchett

Carrie by Stephen King 

Close the Book: 

I Guess I Haven’t Learned that Yet by Shauna Niequist 

Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott