Posted by A Tribute To My Mother’s Wisdom
Remember the Sixties? Remember going off to the store or downtown on the bus by yourself? When parents didn’t know where you were every minute of every day? When the teacher’s word was final and no one argued with her or anyone in authority?
Meet the Zacks family, where expectations were high and it was a given that each day you would accomplish something. Don’t just sit there. Read a book. Study hard and the world will be yours. Go back in time, a much simpler time, and laugh at “mom’s” expressions that were handed out with no insight whatsoever. Or so one daughter thought. Fast forward sixty years as all of those quirky sayings take on meaning at long last.
Author Biography
Marjie Zacks brings her small-town-Ontario upbringing to life in this lighthearted collection of her mother’s quirky sayings. Marjie didn’t recognize the value of her mother’s advice growing up as a high-spirited girl in the 1950s and ’60s. This book traces a lifetime spent discovering the hidden meaning in expressions like:
· A bad beginning is a good ending
· You be the bigger person
· Monday comes the revolution!
· Hanging out our teeth together
From poignant and tender to wild and whacky, Marjie’s recollections paint a vivid picture of her complicated mother and of how her priceless — and funny — words of wisdom have guided Marjie throughout her life.
Praise
“There are many memoirs similar in style, substance and sweetness, but Marjie Zacks has achieved a different level: a balance of wit, love, and wisdom. While reading It All Ends Up in a Parfait Glass, I was struck by how varied the mom quotes are and yet how approachable they are. I related to many of them. They reach me at a place of familiarity and emotion. Zacks’ mother is not my mother, but the motherly insights are what we have each experienced in our lives. And Zacks has accomplished this with humour, affection, and recognition of each of our unique places as daughters.”
—Marilyn Herbert, librarian, teacher, writer, and creator of Bookclub-in-a-Box.
Marjie is pitching her new book at the Vancouver Jewish Film Festival on Feb 12.
See information on the festival HERE. Marjie is highlighted on P. 7
ISBN – 9781778255304
8.5 x 5.5 – 150 pages – $21.95
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