Dear Mother

Letters from the Heart

Suma Din

• Publisher: Kube Publishing Ltd
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780860373995, 9780860373995
• eBook ISBN: 9781847742049
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Islamic Theology

This book empathizes with Muslim mothers nurturing their families within a faith framework. It canters her experience. Doubts and insecurities are gently replaced with understanding and support in the candid exchanges from one mother to another.

Dear Mother… brings together mothers of all ages and backgrounds in a compendium of fictional letters, written from the heart. Great challenges and responsibilities, hopes and disappointments are explored without apology. As one mother prepares for a new-born, another shares her experience of being a single parent. Why is a mother at the primary school gate feeling burnt out by 9 am and what advice does a grandmother pass down to her granddaughter? Whether she’s sitting in the ante-natal clinic, on a bus or in the masjid, these letters reveal a variety of mothers’ inner dialogue – one which is rarely heard in society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Dear Mother who has a second job
• 2. Dear Mother in the antenatal clinic
• 3. Dear Mother-to-be
• 4. Dear Mother feeling low during pregnancy and post delivery
• 5. Dear Mother who has a child with a disability
• 6. Dear Single Mother
• 7. Dear Mother who’s raising a boy
• 8. Dear Mother overwhelmed by primary school
• 9. Dear Mother missing ‘home’
• 10. Dear Mother exploring hijab for her daughters
• 11. Dear Mother of teens pre-Ramadan
• 12. Dear Mother living with pain
• 13. Dear Mother struggling to be ‘fair’
• 14. Dear Mother who’s feeling afraid
• 15. Dear Mother who’s in the grocery shop aisle
• 16. Dear Mother who’s depleted from giving
• 17. Dear Mothers, connect to nature
• 18. Dear Mother approaching their child’s Qur’ān khatm
• 19. Dear Mother living with domestic abuse
• 20. Dear Mother who needs to recharge her spiritual battery
• 21. Dear Mother educating her daughter
• 22. Dear Mother hanging in there at Eid Ṣalāh
• 23. Dear Mother stuck in conflict…
• 24. Dear Mother of two generations
• 25. Dear Mother who is the child
• 26. Dear Mother with the car radio on
• 27. Dear Mother searching for a marriage partner for her daughter
• 28. Dear Mother of an empty nest
• 29. Dear Mother who is my granddaughter
• 30. Dear Daughter who’s just given birth
• Glossary
• Bibliography