anarag's review
4.0
This book, originally published in 1964, is as fresh and relevant today. I wish I had had the chance to get to know Eva Rutland but through her book, I do. Her voice is conversational, warm, humorous, genuine. Each chapter presents an intact view on mothering (she had four children, including a set of twins) with the added challenges of raising children in a newly integrated society, one which is still adjusting. Ms. Rutland points out that the "cloak of segregation" was both stifling and comforting. Above all, like every mother, she yearns to protect her children from hurt and to be the best mother she can be--although in hindsight, she wishes she had read fewer expert books, joined fewer clubs, and instead just spent the time with the kids, doing and learning together. I highly recommend this book to mothers of all ages.
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