First edition of To My Daughter With Love: On the Important Things In Life by Susan Polis Schutz. Schutz dedicates this book of poems to her daughter to help guide her to womanhood.
Written by Susan Polis Schutz. Illustrated by Stephen Schutz. Oct 1986, first edition, first printing. Blue Mountain Press, Boulder CO.
Poet Susan Polis Schutz tries to distill her experience and high hopes into wisdom to share with her beloved only daughter.
From the Introduction:
"When I gave birth to my daughter, I never knew what a very special relationship a mother and daughter could have. As my daughter got older and started to understand more about being female, I felts as if I were going through all the stages of growing up once again. I felt a very strong urge to protect her, but I knew that if I did this, it would hurt her late on because she would not be prepared to face the real world. So instead, I tried to show her and explain to her what I consider to be the important things in life."
"My beautiful daughter,
if I have provided you with an insight
into most of the important things in life
then I have succeeded
as a mother
in what I hoped to accomplish in raising you..."
Susan Polis Schutz (1944- ) and her husbund Stephen are founders of Blue Mountain Arts, a well-known publisher of greeting cards and books.
Condition*: Fine/Near Fine. The dust jack is mildly sunned along the top edge and spine, and has a very small nick at the head of the spine.
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