Books for Mother's Day

About this episode

This episode shares book recommendations for Mother's Day gifts to honor influential mothers.

If you had a mother who was a strong influence in your life, we wanted to honor her with this week’s Book Case episode. Sometimes we want to find all the right words to tell mom how much she meant to us and we can’t find them. This week we share some great books that would make terrific gifts for Mother’s Day. From Mary Laura Philpott to Niall Wiliams to Whoopi Goldberg, there is something in this week’s Book Case for every type of mom. Grab a pen and paper and join us to make your Mother’s Day shopping easy this year. Join us! Find books mentioned on The Book Case: ⁠https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/story/book-case-podcast-reading-list-118433302 Books mentioned on this week's show: Where Rivers Part by Kao Kalia Yang Bits and Pieces by Whoopi Goldberg The Time of the Child by Niall Williams Life: A Love Story by Elizabeth Berg Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott Class Clown by Dave Barry Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson

Topics covered

• Mother's Day
• book recommendations
• gifts for mom
• literature
• family influence

Keywords

• Mother's Day
• book gifts
• literature
• family
• book recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Where Rivers Part, Bits and Pieces, The Time of the Child, Life: A Love Story, Bomb Shelter, Class Clown

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