An interesting read!

A bit about the author: “Shaun Usher is the writer and sole custodian of the popular blogs listsofnote.com and lettersofnote.com. As a result, he spends much of his life hunting down letters and making lists of things he'd like to share.”

Usher has produced a few in this series of “Letters of Note” and I think the idea is really fun and worthwhile. Preserving words and missives from long ago while connecting them to our modern world shows what really connects us across time. I found many of the letters really moving. It was a fun read and as a mom I think I got a lot from reading these different letters to or about mothers and motherhood. Thank you NetGalley!

A terrific May book club pick if you're looking for something a little different. Rich with the opportunity to bring some light research into the conversation and the fawn over the great selections that Usher has chosen.

This book was so wonderful but also, some stories were hard to get through. I would DEFINITELY recommend that my library buy this. We already own many of Usher's collections, but for some reason, we don't have this one. I am putting in a request for it now! :)

I enjoy Letters of Note online, and this brief anthology of letters to, from, and about mothers has a little something for everyone. History, heartbreak, humor, and lots of motherly advice are here. Write your mom a nice note today.

Mothers have been on my mind so I was attracted to this new entry in Usher’s “Letters of Note” series. In the middle of all the uprising and strife worldwide in the year, there is one thing we all have in common - we all made someone a mother by our very existence.

Usher captures great joy, fear, anger, heartbreak, disappointment, love and hate in these letters, which include mothers and children from all over the globe. There is darkness here to be true, but there is even more light and hope.

I was not familiar with this series, but enjoyed this one so much I’m going to find the others. Recommended.

Another great collection of letters from the author of the Letters of Note website. From ancient times to modern, from famous to ordinary, from birth to death, this collection mines the feelings expressed through letters to and about mothers. For those who have lost their parent or those with a strained/dysfunctional relationship, this one might be difficult to read because it surveys the wide range of possibilities that the mother-child relationship can have. But for a gift for a mother with whom one is on good terms, this would be excellent.

Thanks to the publishers and NetGalley for the opportunity to review a digital ARC in exchange for an unbiased review.

Well, this mother loves this book. I don’t know how popular it will be at my library as such a niche subject but I think it makes an excellent gift.