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Lifelong Lessons - Books are always a great gift! This Mother’s Day, give your mom or mom-to-be one of these awesome titles that celebrate motherhood. By Kenrya Rankin (Photo: Michael Poehlman/Getty Images)

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Mom & Me & Mom  by Maya Angelou - The icon explores her fraught separation from — and eventual reconciliation with — her mother, who sent her to live with her grandmother when she was just three years old. (Photo: Random House)

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In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker - The incomparable Walker sings of what it means to be a Black woman, mother and feminist in America. (Photo: Mariner Books)

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Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting by René Syler - Syler writes about the struggle many moms feel to balance it all and reminds us that perfection is not only impossible, but not what our kids really need. (Photo: Gallery Books)

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Undivided: A Muslim Daughter, Her Christian Mother, Their Path to Peace, by Patricia Raybon and Alana Raybon - A mother and daughter bridge their personal gap and show that Christianity and Islam can peacefully coexist. (Photo: Thomas Nelson Publishing)

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Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son’s First Year by Anne Lamott - Come for the achingly honest account of Lamott’s struggle as a single mom, stay for the lyrical prose and subtle spiritual message. (Photo: Anchor Publishing)

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God Help the Child by Toni Morrison - This book shows what happens when a mother makes a wrong turn for a good reason. (Photo: Vintage Publishing)

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Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood by Cecelie Berry - This anthology collects essays, short fiction and poems from our best writers, including Alice Walker, Rita Dove and Marita Golden. (Photo: Broadway Books)

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The Sisters Are Alright: Changing the Broken Narrative of Black Women in America by Tamara Winfrey Harris - Harris pushes back about stereotypes that distort the lived experiences of Black women in the areas of motherhood, marriage, sexuality and beyond. (Photo: Berrett-Koehler Publishers)

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Double Stitch: Black Women Write About Mothers & Daughters by Patricia Bell-Scott - A magical group of 47 black women writers detail the rich and varied relationships of mothers and daughters in this 1991 gem. (Photo: Beacon Press)

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