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"This book is important to every mother and daughter, and to every woman who wants to be one." MAYA ANGELOU

A city-loving, single New York DJ braces for disaster when she reluctantly moves to the Bible Belt to care for her estranged, doll-obsessed, hoarder mother. What unfolds in this bestselling memoir is a hilarious, heartbreaking love story that sees eldercare and making peace with the past in a most unexpected way. SOVAS nominee Audiobook Narration – Author Performance, Best Narrator

© 2022 Vivant Press (Audiobook): 9781669650782

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Audiobook: 11 November 2022

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