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  • Mumentous

  • Original Photos and Mostly-True Stories About Football, Glue Guns, Moms, and a Supersized High School Tradition That Was Born Deep in the Heart of Texas
  • By: Amy J. Schultz
  • Narrated by: Deanna Larson
  • Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins

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Mumentous

By: Amy J. Schultz
Narrated by: Deanna Larson
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Summary

The closest you'll ever get to seeing someone actually wear their hearts on their sleeves is in Texas, every fall, at the local high school homecoming game.

They're called homecoming mums. They are as bodacious as football, as irresistible as a juicy rumor, and as deep as a momma's love. Over a hundred years ago when the custom began, mum was short for chrysanthemum, a typical corsage that boys gave to girls before taking them to the big football game. But through the decades, mum went from a simple abbreviation to a complicated shorthand for an eye-popping tradition that’s as ingrained in the culture as it is confounding to outsiders.

Through her collection of stories from across and beyond the Lone Star State, Amy J. Schultz takes us deep in the heart of mum country. You’ll meet kids who wear them, parents who buy them, and critics who decry them as just another example of consumerism gone wild. But mostly, you’ll discover that just like every ritual which stands the test of time, someone is keeping the tradition alive. Someone like Mom.

©2023 Amy Schultz (P)2024 Amy Schultz
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