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" Here&amp;#039;s what 10 of our favorite authors will be doing this Sunday!  Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author, whose latest novel is The One &amp;amp;amp; Only Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan:&amp;quot;I typically go to church and then brunch with my family. I like to spend the rest of the day relaxing with my mother and children.&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hard to top my children&amp;#039;s handmade projects, but my husband gave me diamond studs on my first Mother&amp;#039;s Day. He put one in each of my twin son&amp;#039;s cribs.&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;I actually don&amp;#039;t give Mother&amp;#039;s Day gifts to anyone other than my own mother (and my grandmothers when they were alive). Does anyone? I do sometimes give cards to my friends who have just had babies, as a way of celebrating their first Mother&amp;#039;s Day and the special gift of motherhood!&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book or movie: There are so many! Steel Magnolias and The Family Stone come to mind. Incidentally, I saw both with my mother.&amp;quot;  Beatriz Williams, New York Times bestselling author, whose latest novel is The Secret Life of Violet Grant Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;Sitting back while someone else makes breakfast and brings me coffee!&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;This is going to sound cheesy, but on Mother&amp;#039;s Day I&amp;#039;m just glad I have four terrific kids and an incredibly supportive husband. They&amp;#039;re the best gift any mother could hope for. (Of course, I still love all those handmade books from preschool that say things like &amp;quot;My Mommy is 16 years old and loves to work on the computer.&amp;quot;) Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;Well, no surprise - I love to give signed books from some recent talk I&amp;#039;ve attended! My husband&amp;#039;s family all lives outside of New York City, so this year I picked up a few copies of Maggie Gordon&amp;#039;s The Gilded Age on Connecticut&amp;#039;s Gold Coast for my mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. It&amp;#039;s a fabulous account of the transformation of these rural hamlets into the summer playgrounds of the wealthy a century ago\u2014a bit like an American Downton Abbey, only non-fiction.&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book or movie: &amp;quot;I admit, I still weep like a sap over Terms of Endearment.&amp;quot;  Erika Robuck, bestselling author of Fallen Beauty Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;My favorite way to spend Mother&amp;#039;s Day is on a boat with my husband and three boys, listening to Van Morrison, and cruising the Chesapeake Bay. We leave in the afternoon, drive by cliffs and under bridges, and motor into Annapolis, where we tie up, walk through town, and have a fabulous seafood dinner. We cruise home as the sun sets, and plan for the next time we can get out on the water.&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;My husband had my first book cover blown up into a huge canvas to hang on the wall in my office. His support and encouragement from the days when I couldn&amp;#039;t get an agent, to my fourth book with a big publisher have meant so much. The gift left me speechless, which is very hard to do.&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;Aside from beautiful flowers and clothing and books, I like to give my mom and mother-in-law the gift of time spent together. Whether we go out for lunch, get our nails done, or enjoy dinner at our favorite restaurants, spending time bringing our families together is precious to all of us.&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book or movie: &amp;quot;My recent favorite book with mother-daughter themes is Sue Monk Kidd&amp;#039;s The Invention of Wings. Not all of the mother-daughter relationships are healthy, all are complex, and the strength and power of the women during the time of slavery inspires and challenges the reader. I have given the book to several mothers in my life, and all have been moved by it.  Colleen Oakes, author of the bestselling Elly in Bloom and Queen of Hearts, Volume One: The Crown Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;Usually we go to church in the morning and then either make a brunch at home or go to some fancy brunch restaurant. (Snooze in Colorado is to die for.) For some reason French Toast and Mother&amp;#039;s Day go hand in hand.&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;Since this is my first Mother&amp;#039;s Day, I&amp;#039;m going to go ahead and say that after almost six years of waiting for a child, having a child and getting to be a Mother this Mother&amp;#039;s Day is the best gift I&amp;#039;ve ever gotten.&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;I usually give my Mom jewelry, a scarf or some sort of photo memento. I&amp;#039;m a sucker for photo gifts.&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book or movie: &amp;quot;I Don&amp;#039;t Know How She Does It for the book. For movies, Waitress with Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion.&amp;quot;  Susie Orman Schnall, author of On Grace Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;My favorite thing to do is go on a hike with my husband and our three boys. &amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;The best gift I ever got was Mother&amp;#039;s Day weekend at a spa, by myself. It was so great to be on my own schedule, not have to nag anyone or clean anything up, and just recharge my battery. When my kids were little, I loved getting those little coupons from them that I could redeem for a foot rub or loading the dishwasher or whatever. I always forgot to redeem them but I loved them!&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;I love giving my mom a fun little indulgence: a colorful scarf, a cute bracelet I know she&amp;#039;d never buy, etc. My favorite thing to give friends is a little gift pack of dark chocolate, nail polish, a little plant, etc. It&amp;#039;s always the little things that people appreciate most.&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book or movie: &amp;quot;The first thing that comes to mind is The Odd Life of Timothy Green. I know it&amp;#039;s about a mother/son relationship but I have three boys so that resonates with me. It&amp;#039;s such a sweet story. I also can&amp;#039;t get through the children&amp;#039;s book I Love You Forever without bursting into tears!&amp;quot;  Beth Kendrick, author of Cure for the Common Breakup Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;My mom and I buy each other boxes of See&amp;#039;s candy. I go over to her house and we open our chocolates, fight over the ones with peanut butter filling, then devour the rest like ravening wolves. It&amp;#039;s tradition.&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;My son painted a portrait of me for a preschool project, and I adore it. I will never know how he managed it at four years of age, but he got my hair color exactly right. My actual hairstylist could not have done a better job.&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;I know a lot of moms in a lot of different situations\u2014single by choice, married, divorced, re-married\u2014and the one thing we all have in common is that we try our best every day, but sometimes we struggle. Sometimes doubt and guilt and exhaustion creep in. So on Mother&amp;#039;s Day, I like to call or text my friends with young kids to tell them that they&amp;#039;re doing a good job and that I&amp;#039;m proud of them. We all need to hear that, especially from our comrades (momrades?) in the trenches.&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book: &amp;quot;Waitress, starring Keri Russell, is a funny, touching, thoughtful look at how motherhood changes a woman&amp;#039;s life from day one. The movie avoids easy, saccharine clich\u00E9s and delves into the many mixed feelings that often accompany pregnancy, the terror of the unknown that precedes childbirth\u2014and that all-consuming rush of tenderness you feel when you finally fall in love with your child.&amp;quot;  Sarah Jio, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the upcoming Goodnight June Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;I just love spending the day with my kids and seeing the adorable ways they express their love and appreciation (whether it&amp;#039;s a botched attempt at breakfast in bed or an adorable handmade card). Oh, and it&amp;#039;s also nice to find my way to a spa for a 90-minute massage!&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;One year, the kids and I went to a nursery in Seattle and they chose a beautiful maple tree for me. We planted it in the backyard, where I can see it from my kitchen window, and it brings me so much joy, in all the seasons.&amp;quot;  Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;My two top choices: Flowers and good red wine. &amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book: &amp;quot;Well, I dedicated my fourth novel, The Last Camellia, to my mom, so that stands out. I also think Terms of Endearment is a beautiful, beautiful movie.&amp;quot;  Suzanne Palmieri, bestselling author of the upcoming The Witch of Belladonna Bay Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;OH MY GOD.... my FAVORITE thing to do on Mother&amp;#039;s Day is to SLEEP and READ and have time to myself. Because peace is necessary. Also, I&amp;#039;m absolved of most of my mommy duties, because... Mother&amp;#039;s Day!&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;Gift giving on what my husband calls &amp;#039;Hallmark Holidays&amp;#039; is never something that actually happens. The gift I get on Mother&amp;#039;s Day is to revel in these three lovely daughters I am lucky enough to know.&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;Peace and quiet and the acknowledgement that their jobs are HARD. Rearing kids is hard work.&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book: &amp;quot;Practical Magic! I know... but it is amazing and my daughters and I watch it ALL THE TIME. Because being a mom is all about love and acceptance. Isn&amp;#039;t it?&amp;quot;  Mary Kay Andrews, New York Times and award-winning author of the upcoming Save the Date  Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;Brunch with hot and cold running mimosas--and my husband, children and grand-children, of course.&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;The year we bought our Tybee Island beach house I requested\u2014and got, a dumpster so we could start demolition for the remodeling. The whole family pitched in. Nothing spells loving like ripping out a stinky old kitchen!&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;I love giving an unforgettable experience. My mother had never been to New York, so one year my sister and I bought her tickets to the Broadway revival of Gypsy with Bernadette Peters. My daughter Katie, who was in college, joined us. We had a limo pick Mom up at the airport, took her to brunch at Tavern on The Green, strolled her down Fifth Avenue to Tiffany&amp;#039;s and Bloomingdale&amp;#039;s, and took her to Sardi&amp;#039;s for dinner after the theatre. She was in heaven! Which is where she is now, incidentally. Right now, Katie and I are having an early Mother&amp;#039;s Day weekend at a resort in Florida. Massages? You bet. I also love to share my love of cooking and good food with my readers, so I do an annual Mother&amp;#039;s Day giveaway of recipe cards to my fans via my Facebook page. &amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book or movie: &amp;quot;Gotta be Gypsy. Rosalind Russell plays the pushy stage mother whose all-consuming ambitions push both daughters in directions she never imagined\u2014favorite daughter Baby June elopes as a teenager to escape her domineering mother, while shy, self-conscious Louise ends up a famous stripper. My mom loved the movie and the play, so do I.&amp;quot;  Jane Green, author of 14 New York Times bestselling novels and Tempting Fate Mother&amp;#039;s Day plan: &amp;quot;Be greeted with breakfast in bed and flowers, then left alone for the rest of the morning before someone else cooks a lovely lunch, and then, naturally, does all the clearing up and washing up afterwards.&amp;quot; Best gift ever: &amp;quot;A few years ago I was woken up by the bedroom door opening and the kids, all of them very small, trooping in like little ducklings in a row, beaming smiles on their faces as they proffered a tray on which sat a plate of scrambled eggs, burnt toast, and a rather odd concoction of mismatched foods they had found in the fridge, with some daffodils they had picked from the garden in a water glass. It was adorable. Except for the fact it was 4:23 a.m. What could I do? I sat up in bed, bleary-eyed, expressing delight as I ate the breakfast, then banished everyone from the room while I went back to sleep.&amp;quot; Gift you give to other moms: &amp;quot;Now I&amp;#039;m feeling like a horrible friend, because it never occurs to me to get anyone anything on mother&amp;#039;s day. My own mother is lucky if I remember to get her a card. However, when I do buy my girlfriends gifts, it tends to be jewelry.&amp;quot; Favorite mother/daughter-themed book or movie: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not so sure it has the mother/daughter theme, other than at the very end, but my daughter and I regularly tear up over Beaches.&amp;quot; Want to hear more from your favorite authors? Stay tuned for the REDBOOK Summer Book Club! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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