"Tough Mamas" Reading List

In honor of Mother's Day, the Book Babes went looking for the most resilient moms in the current crop of fiction. Here is our new list of "Top 10 Tough Mamas" in literature today. Match the book to the personal taste of your mom or someone who has filled in for your mom, and then give it with love.

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5. Accidental Happiness, by Jean Reynolds Page. The plot summary sounds like a hen fight: Two women who were married to the same man now compete for the affections of the daughter he seems to have left behind. But this is really a moving story by a Seattle writer about motherhood in today's uncertain world. Reese, an earthy and erratic woman, is the actual mom of eight-year-old Angel. Gina, the second wife and new widow of the man who never told her Angel existed, discovers her own mothering instincts after the girl comes into her life.