House of Roses: A Mother and a Daughter - Paperback

by Patricia Dove Miller (Author)

In this memoir, House of Roses: A Mother and a Daughter, author Patricia Dove Miller weaves together three strands. In one, she celebrates her mother's long, successful life, filled with joie de vivre-in spite of many adversities, which she met with strength and resilience. During her married years, she skillfully blended two roles: contented traditional 1950s housewife and mother; and dedicated unpaid research assistant for her husband, an ornithologist. In another strand, Miller explores the unusually close, loving bond between mother and daughter, along with the inevitable tensions that arose. And in the most important strand, she examines the valuable life lessons she learned from her mother during every stage-through childhood, marriage, widowhood, and beyond. A few lessons to discard, but most to embrace and carry with her on her own journey.