Of Men and Their Mothers - by Mameve Medwed (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"The mother-in-law...Does she still have any power left after decades of pummeling? In Mameve Medwed's new novel, 'Of Men and Their Mothers, ' she certainly does. Ina Pollack, Maisie Grey's loathsome ex-mother-in-law, can raise the reader's pulse with a single phone call." -- New York Times Book Review