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VPL - Mother's Day 2024

“Dear Mom—This one is for you.” A selection of books lovingly dedicated to moms and mother figures by the authors. Carefully chosen by the reading specialists at Vancouver Public Library.

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22 items

  • To my mother, who always knew I would
    Book, 2024New York : Forever, 2024.
  • To my mom, Pam. Thank you for raising this morbid creep. You’re the best.
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, [2023]
  • Fancy Bear Goes Phishing

    the Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks

    Shapiro, Scott J.
    To my mother, Elaine Shapiro, for everything, especially that conversation on 110th Street
    Book, 2023New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
  • This is for my grandmother, who was actually pretty awesome
    Book, 2023New York : Nightfire, Tor Publishing Group, 2023.
  • For Mom—whose life history I will continue to mine, but who will *never*—no matter what she or anybody else thinks—appear as a character in my work, being too good for the likes of me + my characters.
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
  • For my mother, Esther Kisitmwa Turaki. You carried my dreams so far. Now may they carry you.
    Book, 2022New York : Little A, [2022]
  • For all of my mothers, each of whom fed me in her own way, and for everyone whose voices have gone unheard.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2021.
  • For my grandmothers, Nell and Barbara
    Book, 2021New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021.
  • To my mum, ‘the last surviving Brenda’, with love
    Book, 2020[New York, NY] : Pamela Dorman Books/Viking, [2020]
  • For Mom, who taught me everything I know about being an artist
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Kensington Books, [2020]
  • The Sun Does Shine

    How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row

    Hinton, Anthony Ray
    For my mother, Buhlar Hinton. May we all learn to love as unconditionally as she did.
    Book, 2018New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
  • For my mother, Norine Elizabeth Dedeaux, who loved me before I took my first breath. Every second of my life, she shows me so.
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Scribner, An Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2017.
  • For my mother. My first fan. Thank you for making me a man.
    Book, 2016Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 2016.
  • To my mother, MJ, who once took me aside as a young boy and said, 'Well, we need to make money and the easiest way to do that is to write novels.' She never bothered to tell me that she'd never sold a book in her life.
    Book, 2014Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Penguin, 2014.
  • Rob Delaney

    Mother, Wife, Sister, Human, Warrior, Falcon, Yardstick, Turban, Cabbage

    Delaney, Rob, 1977-
    This particular copy of this book belongs to you. Every copy, however, belongs to my mom. Because I am dedicating it to her. I'm dedicating it to her because unless the sun incinerates the earth in the next few decades, this book will outlast me.…
    Book, 2013New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2013.
  • To my grandmothers, Mary Elois Jackson and Robinette Harrison, who taught me the importance of family and storytelling
    Book, 2010New York : Tor, 2010.
  • In loving memory of my mother, Audrey Hee (1934-2017) and to all who nurture others
    Book, 2005Toronto : Key Porter Books, c2005.
  • To my mother and the memory of her mother. You asked me once what I would remember. This, and much more.
    Book, 1989New York : Putnam's, c1989.