Like Mother, Like Daughter

Like Mother, Like Daughter

Anything I tried to do, my mother had done before me S hlomo Hamelech was quite right: There’s nothing new under the sun. I know that because every new passion that sends me into a tizzy of interest has been previously pursued — by my mother. The first time I realized this I was 14 and had set out to learn Italian. “It’s just so wonderful, the sound of it!” I told my mother rapturously as she stood, mixing crispy potatoes on the stove in the dim…