Offering concrete advice on how to heal volatile relationships with one's mother, McGregor, drawing from her own experiences and those of other women, shows why there is so much dissatisfaction in mother/daughter relationships.

Welcome to the relationship of a modern family... a mother, her son and his husband. Today's family may look different but the feelings are the same as we all begin to switch roles caring for our aging parents. "Dementia-Mama-Drama" is our story of the daily doses of dementia as caregivers for Mama. Join the bumpy bittersweet ride that we shared together. We dealt with it all through the power of love, music and humor. The book is a hopeful, humorous and helpful look at Alzheimer's highlighted with many photos. Our book began as therapy documenting our nightly visits with Mama. During that time it became an important coping tool for all of us. Mama wanted her story to be told and we promised her that we would. It follows our ups and downs with the disease by sharing how we used humor in a seemingly hopeless situation, making lemonade out of our lemons.We know many of you will relate to our experiences and that our "Daily Doses" will bring a smile or a tear helping you through your own "Dementia Drama".

Twenty–eight–year–old Vanessa Cain had no idea that Eli, her husband–to–be, was already a married man. Or that he had a girlfriend on the side! Then, when Eli is killed by his mistress's husband, Vanessa's crazy world gets even more complicated. Now Eli's hostile widow, who happens to own the hip South Beach condo Vanessa and her young daughter shared with Eli, wants her out. Vanessa loves her home it's the one stable thing in her life. But to keep it, she has to come up with money. Lots of it. Which means bringing in big business for her boss's motivational speaking agency. And Chaz Andersen is big, the biggest name in life coaching and the hottest man alive. So with a business plan and a bikini, Vanessa heads down to the Bahamas to convince Chaz to sign with her unaware that this single mama is about to get herself into a whole lot more drama.

This new, revised version follows five friends through five profound years of their lives. Morgan, an Irish Catholic divorced mother of three fights poverty and tries to live up to the memory of her own mother. Danny, a spirited optimist, faces infertility and heatlh problems. Anna, a commanding and competent mother of two, is haunted by the child she gave up for adoption. Leah uses her droll sense of humor to fend off her overbearing mother and her anxieties about childbirth. Liz, a single woman with a acerbic wit chooses not to have children but ends up caring for her ailing mother. All five approach their dilemmas with great humor. This version of Mama Drama premiered at the Cleveland Playhouse in 1990 and played to packed houses.

Guilt. Criticism. Control. Competition. Anger. If these words reflect your relationship with your mother, then Mama Drama can give you the tools to free yourself from the binds of an unhealthy mother/daughter relationship. A woman's relationship with her mother is often the most complex, emotionally dramatic, and volatile one of her life. It is also one of the most important, as it affects everything from her career, to her health, her marriage, and her parenting skills. Drawing from her own experiences, as well as from those of other women, McGregor shows why there is so much dissatisfaction in mother/daughter relationships, and gives practical methods for healing.

So, you've met the man of your dreams...but he comes with one scary string attached: his ex, the mother of his children, and she isn't happy to meet you. Welcome to the world of 'Baby's Mama', a place where an ex-wife or girlfriend isn't quite ready to let go of her former man. Jealous and insecure, Baby's Mama knows just how to puch your buttons and like nothing more than to see you lose your cool - her goal to see your relationship with her ex go down in flames. Using first-hand experience, Gallion offers a no-holds-barred guide to this difficult situation.

Diane is a beautiful single mother who pulled herself out of the system by working hard so that her children could have everything she didn't. Now she's bitter and jealous, because the daughter she sacrificed twenty years of her youth for is prettier and more intelligent than she'll ever be and about to live the life Diane always dreamed of. Kendra's relationship with her mother takes an even harsher turn when she meets Deon, a handsome, streetwise entrepreneur. He is everything Kendra has ever dreamed of in a man. Now the only thing she has to do is keep her conniving mother as far away from him as possible.