"Can Any Mother Help Me?" - fascinating sounding book about a vinatge precursor to Mumsnet

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treacletart · 08/03/2007 22:39

Anyone else heard about this ? A group of women wrote to each other for support and advice for over 50 years using pseudonyms - sound familar?

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hereidrawtheline · 04/03/2009 18:00

gutted I have missed out on a free copy but I want this book!!!! It looks fantastic!!! Just the sort of thing I would love to read.

calicoskies · 26/06/2010 04:01

Here are some great posters and t-shirts of Rosie the Riveter!

rosieshirt.com/

Comewhinewithme · 05/07/2010 12:24

I read this last year and it was very good might buy a copy to reread actualy as I borrowed from the library last time.

ToTheStars · 03/09/2011 16:45

It is a lovely book; my Granny was one of the women featured. She wasn't Ad Astra though; that's Latin for "To The Stars"- Mumsnet reminded me so much of the group of women that I pilfered her pen-name to use as my user-name!

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 03/09/2011 16:55

Thank you for the bump, have just ordered the book. :)

Haribojoe · 06/09/2011 12:10

I read this book a couple of years ago and loved it.

Was a complete joy to read and an amazing insight into the lives of the women in it.

Would highly recommend it

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