The Mother Book: A Compendium of Trivia & Grandeur Concerning Mothers, Motherhood & MaternityAbstract: Mothers and their children are the subject of this trivia collection. Included are 30 chapters of anecdotes, facts, fallacies, jokes, poems, literature, songs and curiosities about mothers. The diversity of mothers and motherhood is shown with a touch of subjective whimsey. The book tries not to offend or stereotype or This injustice. The materials are placed informally and some topics such as the pros and cons of natural childbirth are not discussed. (kbc). |
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Page 104
... birth event to match the popularity of the Dionnes . For years , they were as famous as FDR and Eleanor and Fala . We even knew all their first names and how each little girl differed in personality from her sisters . The Dionne Quints ...
... birth event to match the popularity of the Dionnes . For years , they were as famous as FDR and Eleanor and Fala . We even knew all their first names and how each little girl differed in personality from her sisters . The Dionne Quints ...
Page 322
... birth to a son and when he grew to manhood they made love with the noble aim of preventing the extinction of mankind . The following is an old incest joke , or what the mother of stage manager Murray Gitlan refers to as " an incense ...
... birth to a son and when he grew to manhood they made love with the noble aim of preventing the extinction of mankind . The following is an old incest joke , or what the mother of stage manager Murray Gitlan refers to as " an incense ...
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... birth to children , remains innocent . D. W. Griffith pushed this concept to the limit in his fourteen - reel epic Intolerance ( 1916 ) , in which a demure Lillian Gish played the ethereal mother of civilization , a young woman ...
... birth to children , remains innocent . D. W. Griffith pushed this concept to the limit in his fourteen - reel epic Intolerance ( 1916 ) , in which a demure Lillian Gish played the ethereal mother of civilization , a young woman ...
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