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This points to a simple but bracing idea, that family bonds do not erase fallibility. It can be read as a refusal to idealize mothers or children, and as a reminder that love has to make room for error, disappointment, and repair. It lands when a family conflict tempts people to treat one another as symbols instead of human beings.
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Books by Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are
1963
Pierre
1962
Higglety pigglety pop!
1967
Dear Mili
2004
Outside over there
1982