We are Traci and Ellie, two bookish friends who talk books in any spare minute that we have.  This week we are discussing mothers in literature.  To shop the books listed in this episode, visit our shop at bookshop.org.   Literally Reading: Dear Sweet Pea by Julie Murphy (Ellie) Who is Maud Dixon by Alexandra Andrews (Traci) Crack the Book Open:  Little Women by Louisa May Alcott  Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips  Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen East of Eden by John Steinbeck Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Carrie by Stephen King  Close the Book:  I Guess I Haven’t Learned that Yet by Shauna Niequist  Bomb Shelter by Mary Laura Philpott