The Mother Garden
By Robin Romm
2007
First Published
3.77
Average Rating
200
Number of Pages
A collection of short stories with a theme of loss includes tales that feature such protagonists as a man who uses a chicken egg to test his readiness for fatherhood and a woman who plants a garden of mothers to replace her own.
Avg Rating
3.77
Number of Ratings
142
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Author
Robin Romm
Author · 4 books
Robin Romm is the author of two books, The Mother Garden (stories) and The Mercy Papers (a memoir). The Mercy Papers received the cover review of the New York Times Book Review ("a furious blaze of a book") in January 2009. The Mother Garden was a finalist for the PEN USA prize and the Northern California Independent Bookseller Book of the Year Award. She teaches in the MFA program at New Mexico State.
