From Mother to Daughter: Advice and Lessons for a Good Life Hardcover – April 4, 2017

I bought three, two were sent to my two daughters after buying the first one for myself. I couldn't resist highlighting important points and then pointing them out to my girls.

If you have a daughter you and your daughter must read, then pass on to next generation.

My daughter loved her Mother's Day gift!

Very small book. Returned it.

perfect gift for wedding showers or just because. I bought six copies to send to all my nieces!

I purchased this book to give to my daughter on her 30th birthday. Occasionally, I added notations of my own on the pages. Ultimately, it is filled with wisdom of the ages and from my experience. This would be a good book for young women on their 16th or 21st or whatever age. It is inexpensive but invaluable!

ISBN 0312134983 - There are plenty of books like this out there. They're almost more "really thick greeting card" than book, full of cute quotes. Fans of those books will probably enjoy this one - I'm just not one of them.Each pages features 3 or 4 quotes that the author presents at "typical Mom-quotes". Few have any attribution, which I assume is because they're considered so common that EVERY mother has said them. The quotes are broken up into chapters by topic.The reason I don't particularly like this book is simple - there's not a single thing in here that I ever heard from my mother. A huge book reader, she wouldn't have liked this one at all, either... which is probably another reason I don't like it. The relatively few quotes that are attributed to a specific person are interesting, if for no other reason than that I've put all the names into a search engine and have come to the conclusion that most of these women are "nobodies". That's either a good thing, if you like the idea of quotes from "average women", or a bad thing, if you're really not all that interested in quotes from "nobodies".This isn't a terrible book, it's just as average as it can possibly be. It's a gift card with a dustjacket. It would make a nice gift, for some folks. I just don't like it much.- AnnaLovesBooks

It's a fact: all women are daughters, and this book is for all daughters. The book contains morsels of advice mixed in with quotes from real women (presumably, some of the author's friends) about their mothers, although some are a bit off the wall. The least you will get out of this book is inspiration to contemplate your own mother, if not the women of your entire family, and her influence on you.The book contains advice on every aspect of a woman's life, from manners to love and marriage to education and work. The author smartly juxtaposes contradictory pieces of advice, such as "if you don't get married, who will take care of you when you're old?" with "you don't have to get married," thereby replicating a real mother's advice-giving and teaching the lessons that some advice is appropriate for some situations and sometimes you have to take two pieces of advice and meet in the middle.Some pieces of advice are interesting (such as how to make panty hose last longer), some are humorous, and some are sweet. All are delightful and will make any woman think of her own mother and, if relevant, her daughter(s) or future daughter(s). This book would make an ideal gift for a mother, a daughter, or a sister. It seems too intimate a gift for a friend, but may be right if the friend is a close one.

Bought as a present for my daughters 30th Birthday, and she loves it, true words she says.

I didnt like the book

Excellent

Suitable

Beautiful book so many so may lovley quotes that I remember my mother saying