Description: No relationship is as critical, or as universal, as that between child and mother. Whether or not we get along with our mothers, their presence and influence inevitably affect every aspect of our lives. Alyce Faye Cleese and Brian Bates offer readers new ways to dramatically alter the way people think about their mothers and to resolve issues from the past and present. Through dozens of interviews with patients and celebrities in both the United Kingdom and the United States -- including Helena Bonham Carter, Colin Powell, Mia Farrow, Michael Palin, Lauren Hutton, and others -- readers learn practical ways to deal with the issues large and small that cause stress in their relationships with their mothers, such as privacy, expectations, family secrets, and aging. In the process they come to understand their mothers as people and begin to react to them from one adult to another. A perfect book for sons and daughters everywhere, this helpful guide also includes a practical 10-step plan to help steer mother-child relationships back in the right direction.

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