This book for and about mothers naturally contains

a veritable garland of tributes to motherhood, and

it is thus only appropriate that its official publication

date should be Mother s Day. But while it is obviously

a perfect gift to one s mother, a well-deserved salute to

all she stands for, it is intended to be something more

than that: a book to be dipped into again and again

over the years, just for pleasure or as a source of

reference for the perfect quote on a multitude of fam-

ily occasions.