Not Becoming My Mother and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl

Not Becoming My Mother and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way by Ruth Reichl is a 112-page hardcover published in 2009 by The Penguin Press.  The dust jacket has some light rubbing.  Inside, the book is clean and pristine, with tight binding and no indication of use. Book Summary In Not Becoming My Mother, Ruth Reichl embarks on a clear-eyed. openhearted investigation of her mother's life, piecing together the journey of a woman she comes to realize she never really knew.  Looking at her mother's letters and diaries, Reichl confronts the painful transition her mother made from a hopeful young woman to an increasingly unhappy older one and realizes the tremendous sacrifices she made to make sure her daughter's life would not be as disappointing as her own. Growing up in Cleveland, Miriam Brudno dreamed of becoming a doctor, like her father.  But when she announced this, her parents said, "You're no beauty, and it's too bad you're such an intellectual.  But if you become a doctor,