Books to Gift (or Read) on Mother’s Day

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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

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The Book of Mothers by Carrie Mullins

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Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou

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Room by Emma Donoghue

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Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

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Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott

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