White Dresses: A Memoir of Love and Secrets, Mothers and Daughters, (Paperback)

from whitreidtan

So many things can trigger our memories. Clothing in particular seems to hold our memories in the very weave of its fabric. Pull out a school picture and remember how much you used to love that oversized, geometric-print sweater in the photo and be prepared for the memories of seventh grade to co...

from bogopea

The subtitle: A Memoir of Love and Secrets, Mothers and Daughters" doesn't prepare you for the story Mary Pflum Peterson tells. She relates her life story through the white dresses she and her mother wore to mark milestones in their lives, beginning with baptism gowns. Each chapter begins with a ...

from froxgirl

This memoir has two of the strangest mothers ever, and a daughter/granddaughter who somehow holds them in great esteem. Each white dress occasion is traditional, and some with much history of oppression (First Communion, graduation, wedding). The grandmother neglects her children because they get...

from bookchickdi

Mary Pflum Peterson opens her emotionally moving memoir White Dresses as she is frantically searching through her mother's closet for the white dresses that marked the most memorable days of her life, such as her Communion dress, and her high school graduation dress. But her mother's closet was n...

from bookchickdi

Mary Pflum Peterson opens her emotionally moving memoir White Dresses as she is frantically searching through her mother's closet for the white dresses that marked the most memorable days of her life, such as her Communion dress, and her high school graduation dress. But her mother's closet was n...