Both Uses of
motivation
in
This Lullaby
- Her true motivation, however, was that my mother owed her publisher a novel, and everyone was starting to get a little antsy about it.†
Chpt 1 *
- As a result, she refused to go anywhere near his room, instead spending her time at our house on the couch, or at the kitchen table, usually reading some motivational self-help book and sighing loud enough for everyone-except Chris, who was usually upstairs, tending to his animals-to hear her.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(motivation) the reason for doing something; or the level of desire to do something