Intro -- Introduction -- Things My Friends Did Not Know about My Mom -- Rituals, Rhythms, and Memories of My Mother -- Gifts from My Mother -- Open Gates -- Fifteen Ways to a More Beautiful You -- Happiness in the Face of Austerity, Boredom, and Strict Morality: A Discussion between Mennonite Mothers and Their Sons about Dating -- heritage -- Mary Dyck's Vicarious Life -- Reconciling Caring with Conflict:A Memoir of Mom -- Queen of Clubs -- Malaver -- I Give a Rip -- Contributors
Summary
In Sons and Mothers, Mennonite men reflect on the women who raised them, showing their mothers' hopes, dreams, and fears, and who they are today
