内容简介
An aunt is not just another mother—and aunts defy any sort ofarchetypal image. Like humanity, they span the spectrum, fromdown-home Auntie Em to the uninhibited Auntie Mame. Some aunts aresmart, others are crazy. Some act bravely, others downrightfoolish. Now in Ingrid Sturgis’s marvelous Aunties, she gives theseextraordinary women their due, sharing a wonderful, eclecticcollection of thirty personal essays that explore the complex,seldom-profiled bond between aunts and their nieces andnephews.
Profiling a variety of aunts from different cultures,temperaments, and walks of life—the surrogate mother, the wildaunt, the eccentric aunt, the mentor—the essays are written bywell-known journalists and authors such as Pearl Cleage and M.J.Rose, as well as everyday people . . . all of whom bring theirsubjects to stirring life in their own unique ways.
Profiling a variety of aunts from different cultures,temperaments, and walks of life—the surrogate mother, the wildaunt, the eccentric aunt, the mentor—the essays are written bywell-known journalists and authors such as Pearl Cleage and M.J.Rose, as well as everyday people . . . all of whom bring theirsubjects to stirring life in their own unique ways.