http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/05/07/literatures-worst-mothers-just-in-time-for-mothers-day/ Books fit for a heroine Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/05/07/literatures-worst-mothers-just-in-time-for-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 Mrs. Bennet vindicated. | 100bookexperiment Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:09:03 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=200#comment-2086 [...] the mother in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has led some to nominate Mrs. Bennet as among Literature’s Worst Mothers.  Fortunately, a study by Cornell University finds that most mothers have favorites.  The New York [...] [...] the mother in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has led some to nominate Mrs. Bennet as among Literature’s Worst Mothers.  Fortunately, a study by Cornell University finds that most mothers have favorites.  The New York [...]

]]> http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/05/07/literatures-worst-mothers-just-in-time-for-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Laurel Kallenbach Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:04:45 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=200#comment-413 I must agree: Scarlett and Ingrid are truly bad mothers. You hit the nail on the head! I must agree: Scarlett and Ingrid are truly bad mothers. You hit the nail on the head!

]]> http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/05/07/literatures-worst-mothers-just-in-time-for-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Lisa Sun, 09 May 2010 14:35:50 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=200#comment-326 I was part of a contest that ended this weekend to write about mother/daughter pairs in fiction and I found it so much easier to think of bad examples than good ones. I hope that means that authors find that kind of relationship more fun to write about rather than that there are vastly more bad parents out there! I was part of a contest that ended this weekend to write about mother/daughter pairs in fiction and I found it so much easier to think of bad examples than good ones. I hope that means that authors find that kind of relationship more fun to write about rather than that there are vastly more bad parents out there!

]]> http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/2010/05/07/literatures-worst-mothers-just-in-time-for-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Tweets that mention Literature’s Worst Mothers…Just in Time for Mother’s Day! | The Heroine's Bookshelf -- Topsy.com Sat, 08 May 2010 22:17:48 +0000 http://theheroinesbookshelf.com/?p=200#comment-324 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Erin Blakemore. Erin Blakemore said: Literature's worst mothers...just in time for Mother's Day! http://ow.ly/1ImcH (as promised...I blogged!) [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Erin Blakemore. Erin Blakemore said: Literature's worst mothers…just in time for Mother's Day! http://ow.ly/1ImcH (as promised…I blogged!) [...]

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