How to Manage Your Mother

by Cleese, Alyce Faye; Bates, Brian

• ISBN13: 9780060988333
• ISBN10: 0060988339
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-05
• Publisher: Regan Books

Summary

Guilt. Affection. Embarrassment. Friendship. Anger. Love.Who can bring out all these feelings...and often in the same day?Your mother.No matter how mature or successful we are in our adult lives, with one word our mothers can somehow send us scurrying back to childhood. Can mothers and adult children ever learn to set aside their earlier relationship and talk to each other as adults?In this warm, funny book, dozens of revealing stories from such well-known personalities as Colin Powell, Helena Bonham Carter, Mia Farrow, and Lauren Hutton show that it is possible to improve your relationship with your mother -- or at the very least begin to understand it. Alyce Faye Cleese and Brian Bates include a practical ten-step plan and questionaire to help you get on track with your mother. You will learn to address specific issues and develop valuable insights that will help you start thinking about your mother in a profoundly new way.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
She Loves Me	1	(18)
She Loves Me Not	19	(36)
Discovering Other Mothers	55	(20)
A Mother's Dreams	75	(21)
Great Expectations	96	(19)
Red-Hot Mamas	115	(19)
Dark Secrets	134	(27)
Saying Good-bye	161	(17)
Ten Steps Toward a Better Relationship with Your Mother	178	(61)
Appendix	239	(2)
Select Bibliography	241	(5)
Index	246