It’s a Girl!

 

I have told you all before how much I enjoy any literary project that Andi Buchanan is involved in.  She is an excellent writer, and she absolutely has her finger on the pulse of the issues that we modern women face.

 

It’s a Girl! is the follow on from It’s a Boy! I thoroughly enjoyed It’s a Boy and I enjoyed this collection of stories just as much.

 

 

It is fascinating how; in spite of our conscious efforts not to focus on gender stereotypes, there just are these subtle differences between our daughters and our sons. Whether these differences are due to personality or to dna or even socialized behaviour is almost irrelevant, the fact of the matter is that girls are just different to boys. However, even more interesting is how we, as mothers, relate differently to our daughters and our sons. This is explored in both books in such an interesting way.

 

Do yourself a favour and get this book, not only because as women I feel very strongly we should support and encourage the writing of other women, but because there are some truly excellent pieces of work in the book.

 

I leave you with a few lines from a piece I really enjoyed:

 

Having a daughter has been both a challenge and a source of unexpected tenderness, of affection I did not always think I deserved.  Recently, Charlotte announced that she wanted to marry me. When I asked her why, she said “Remember you told me two women could get married?”  I nodded, and my daughter continued: “You’re the perfect woman for me”.

 

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Comments

[Judy]

I have always contended that the relationship between a son and his mother is different from the relationship between a daughter and her mother. Not better, not easier, but definitely different. I look at my own relationship with my mom - we are very, very close. We talk on the phone constantly, we email every day, she's the first person I call with news (and depending on the news, sometimes before I talk to my husband). Then, I look at my brother's relationship with my mom, and my husband's relationship with his mom. Both are wonderfully close relationships, but it isn't the same - they don't shop together or mail coupons to each other. They don't call when one of the kids loses a tooth or the baby seems to be fussing a lot. It just isn't the same.

And that is what scares me the most. I have two boys. And I love them dearly, but I already know they aren't going on marathon shopping trips with me or calling me every day when they are 37. It just isn't the same.

[Orange]

That's a great quote, that excerpt.