The Tao of Mom: The Wisdom of Mothers from East to West - Rilegato

Taro Gold is the author of Andrews McMeel's best-selling books What Is Love? A Simple Buddhist Guide to Romantic Happiness and the perennial favorite Open Your Mind, Open Your Life: A Book of Eastern Wisdom. A native of Southern California, Taro has spent much of his life abroad, visiting more than 30 countries and living in Australia, Spain, and Japan. He has written extensively for international publications, and his work has been published in seven languages. In addition to creating beautiful and encouraging books, Taro has enjoyed success as a children's counselor, teacher, interpreter, and songwriter. His Web site is www.TaroGold.com.

In The Tao of Mom, author Taro Gold shares with us 365 rare and insightful quotations from mother figures around the world, revealing on each page the wisdom, courage, and compassion that define motherhood. Tao is a Chinese word meaning way or path. The Tao of Mom, then, is literally The Way of Mothers. Many of the women celebrated in The Tao of Mom are well-known, while some are not; many hail from the West, yet all impart distinctly Eastern sensibilities. To further enrich our journey into the thoughts of each motherly figure, background details are included about each woman, such as Rosa Parks, mother of the modern civil rights movement; Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the democratic movement in Myanmar; Maria Montessori, Italian educational reformer; and Abhirupa-Nanda, Indian poet-to name only a few. Lavishly illustrated, this gem of a book is for you to give to the moms in your life, for moms to give to you, for everyone to give to dads (as a loving reminder of how wise moms can be), and of course for you to give to yourself. The Tao of Mom is for everyone in need of a daily dose of motherly wisdom, inspiration, and comfort.