How to Build Bridges with Books

Mother-daughter book clubs strengthen family relationships.   In “Kimchi & Calamari” by Rose Kent (HarperCollins, 2007), the 14-year-old protagonist Joseph Calderaro struggles to reconcile the Italian heritage of his adoptive family with his Korean ethnicity. At a primarily mother-daughter book club led by Wilmette moms Jerrilyn Musachia and Julie Schrager, the book prompted a discussion […]