Grandmothers

by Jayne Wexler and Lauren Cowen

Book Overview

Nana, Grandma, Granny, Grandmother: by whatever name she goes, she holds a special place in our hearts and minds. In this unique book, a celebration in photography and prose, photographer Jayne Wexler... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584794658
• ISBN13: 9781584794653
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.3" x 12.3"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Great Mothers Day Gift

I bought this book for my step-mother to thank her for being a wonderful grandmother to my children. It is filled with poignant stories about all kinds of grandmothers illustrated with stunning black and white photographs which really capture the essence of the grandmother-grandchild relationship. It is the kind of coffee table book you can really enjoy picking up from time to time and getting lost in the emotional stories. I recommend it as a gift for any grandmothers or grandmothers-to-be.

Photographs full of love.

A tribute to Grandmothers. This is a beautiful set of photographs and prose that should almost be considered good poetry. It's a story of 23 grandmothers and their grandchildren. Sometimes the grangmothers are famous, like the author Judy Blume, sometimes the grandchildren are famous like big name NBS star Steve Francis. Sometimes they are just grandmothers. It reminded me of the recent research explaining how important grandmothers were in cave man days. They could babysit the grandkids while momma was out gathering food. This is a beautifully produced book, and just in time for the Christmas season. If you can't think of anything else for Gramma or whatever you call her, you could do a lot worse than this book. I suspect you'll see it displayed on her coffee table.