Joie Davidow
Las Mamis: Favorite Latino Authors Remember Their MothersAlfred A. Knopf, 2000 Spanish Edition, Vintage, 2001  Florence Schwartz, mother of Joie Davidow, shortly before her marriage circa 1941 From the Foreward: The anthology came together while I grieved for my own mommy. In the acuteness of sorrow, as I read the memoirs of all the sons and daughters who contributed to this book, I understood why writing about Mami was so hard. I saw that all of us live, not standing alone, a solitary tree in the wilderness, but in the shadow of the older tree that begot us. No matter how far away we plant ourselves, we are destined to exist in relation to our mothers, to the very source of our lives. Our achievements are their achievements. Our failures are their failures. Our dreams are only variations of those our mothers dreamed for us. We reject their expectations, or strive to live up to them, but we live our lives forever in the shadow of theirs. |
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