Mother's Day Inspiration

Mothering Sunday is fast approaching, a day where gift giving can prove difficult, especially if your Mum is anything like mine and only asks for socks! If, also like me, you have recently reignited a passion for reading, why not share this gift with your Mum this coming Mother'

s Day and present her with an elegant novel you just KNOW she will enjoy. Below you will just a few recommendations for Mum's of all sorts, it's not too late to find that perfect gift! You can thank me later...

The Help by Kathryn Stockett 

Prepare to meet three unstoppable women; Skeeter, newly graduated from Ole Miss, returns home to Mississippi but, despite her degree, it's 1962 and her mother cannot wait until she has a ring on her finger; Aibileen, a black maid and noble woman, is raising her seventeenth white child, all the way mourning the death of her own son; and, finally, Minnie, Aibileen's best friend and the best cook for miles but, seemingly, cannot mind her tongue, finds herself losing yet another job.

Suffocating within the regimes that define their town, and their times, these women [as different as they are] join together for a project that will put them all at risk. Filled with poignancy,  humour and hope, The Help is a novel of determination, of strength, as these three women ignite a movement that will forever change the way the people of a small town in Mississippi remain to view one another. A timeless and universal story, I dare anyone to to pick it up and be able to put it back down again!

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier 

Rebecca begins by transporting you to Monte Carlo where, our heroine, is swept off her feet by the handsome widower Maxim de Winter and his unexpected proposal of marriage. Orphaned from a young age, now living as a lady's maid, Rebecca can barely believe her luck, her whole world changing for the better. Returning to his country estate, Rebecca soon begins to realise the ever-prominent presence of his dead wife overshadowing them and the lingering evil that threatens to destory their marriage.

Another timeless classic, filled with wonder, suspense and passion; the perfect gift for any Mum this coming Mothering Sunday.

Little Women by Louise May Alcott 

Adored by generations of readers, male and female, young and old, many have fallen in love with the Marsh sisters in this ageless classic. Here, you will meet the talented tomboy, and aspiring writer, Jo, fearfully frail Beth, mesmerising Meg and the romantic, but spoiled, Amy, brought together by their devotion to one another and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

Based in ways on her own life, Alcott's Little Women explores the timeless themes of love and death, war and peace and the rising conflict between personal ambition and the responsibilities of family life. A must read for any classic fiction enthusiast and the perfect, loving gift for this Mother's Day.