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Of men and their mothers a novel
As Maisie struggles to keep her company afloat and to deal with her former mother-in-law, her cold-fish boyfriend, and her teenage son, she strikes up an unlikely alliance with a young mother at odds with the child welfare system.
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- "As Maisie struggles to keep her company afloat and to deal with her former mother-in-law, her cold-fish boyfriend, and her teenage son, she strikes up an unlikely alliance with a young mother at odds with the child welfare system."
- "As Maisie struggles to keep her company afloat and to deal with her former mother-in-law, her cold-fish boyfriend, and her teenage son, she strikes up an unlikely alliance with a young mother at odds with the child welfare system."@en
- "All men have mothers . . . It's a truth that the newly unhyphenated Maisie Grey has learned the hard way. After getting rid of her mama's-boy husband, she happily settles down with her teenage son, Tommy. But she's still stuck with the hovering presence of her impossible mother-in-law, Tommy's grandmother, who refuses to exit the family stage gracefully. Trying to keep it together with her own business and a new relationship with a man who still lives in'where else but''his mother's house, Maisie struggles to learn from the MIL-from-hell. She vows that when Tommy brings someone home, she'll be loving, empathetic, and supportive. But then along comes completely unsuitable September Silva'with her too-short skirts, black nail polish, and stay-out-all-night attitude'who is forcing Maisie to take a flinty, clear-eyed new look at what it means to be a mother."@en
- "All men have mothers is a hard truth that the newly unhyphenated Maisie Grey has learned the hard way. When she finally gets rid of the mama's-boy husband and happily settles down with her teenage son, Tommy, she's still stuck with her irascible mother-in-law, a woman who never liked her, criticized her every step of the way, and yet, as Tommy's grandmother, refuses to exit the family stage gracefully. Maisie keeps it together with her own business, Factotum, Inc., where she does it all for her clients--everything from watering plants, typing up lecture notes, and cataloguing cookbooks. In between she balances a relationship with a man who still lives in--where else but?--his mother's house and mentors her sole employee, Darlene, now fighting for custody of both her breast milk and her child. Burned by the MIL-from-hell, Maisie vows that when Tommy brings someone home, she will be empathetic and supportive, and envelop the young woman in a loving embrace ... the opposite ..."@en