Of Men and Their Mothers

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.

Author: Mameve Medwed
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Published: 04/21/2009
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.82h x 5.54w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780060831226

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 07/12/2009 pg. 20

About the Author
Medwed, Mameve: -

Mameve Medwed is also the author of Mail, Host Family, The End of an Error, and How Elizabeth Barrett Browning Saved My Life (which received a 2007 Massachusetts Book Honor Award). Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in many publications including the Missouri Review, Redbook, the Boston Globe, Yankee, the Washington Post, and Newsday. Born in Maine, she and her husband have two sons and live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.