Description |
xvi, 174 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Summary |
"Peggy Rowe's story of growing up as the daughter of Thelma Knobel is filled with warmth and humor. But there's a Thelma in everyone's life. She's the person taking charge, the one who knows instinctively how things should be. Growing up, Peggy saw her mother as a benevolent, loving dictator. When major league baseball came to town in the early 1950s and turned sophisticated Thelma into a crazed Baltimore Orioles groupie, nobody was more surprised and embarrassed than Peggy. Life became a series of compromises-- and they discovered that sometimes, we're more alike than we know." -- (Source of summary not specified). |
Contents |
Take me out to the ball game! -- Home fires -- Only the good stuff -- Facing the music-- Miss Blevins -- Ahead of her time -- The Christmas conspiracy -- Just the two of us -- Religion and horses -- Family: for better or worse -- Paradise found -- Moving on -- New territory -- Up in smoke: Marriage and the family -- Bragging rights -- Our Christmas close-up -- The day mom and I ate at the White House -- The Rascal Scooter -- A whole new ballgame: the most exciting day of mom's life -- Epilogue -- Family Remembrances -- Discussion questions for books clubs by Marjie Rowe. |
Subject |
Rowe, Peggy.
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Knobel, Thelma.
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Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team)
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Baltimore Orioles (Baseball team) (OCoLC)fst00539937
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Mothers and daughters.
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Baltimore (Md.)
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous.
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HUMOR / Form / Essays.
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Mothers and daughters. (OCoLC)fst01026997
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Maryland -- Baltimore.
(OCoLC)fst01204292
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Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Nonfiction.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Added Author |
Rowe, Mike, 1962- writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
9781948677165 (hardcover) |
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1948677164 (hardcover) |
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