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    Of Men and Their Mothers

    By Mameve Medwed

    3.5/5

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    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 17, 2009
    ISBN9780061860676
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    Of Men and Their Mothers
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    Mameve Medwed

    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.

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    • 4/5
      Love her books. Always lovely, light summer reads.This one no exception.Maisie runs an errand running type service in Mass. Divorced with a teen age son, this book strolls through various cross-threads of men and their mothers. Her own mother in law, her son, her boyfriend, etc.Sweet and enjoyable.
    • 5/5
      I don’t give 5 star reviews often…. But this book is more than deserving. The author created both vibrant realistic characters and a setting that made me feel like I knew the community that Maisie lives in.
      While fiction, the author approached several social and interpersonal challenges occurring now.
      The book is relative and entertaining.
    • 3/5
      Maisie Grey is divorced and raising her teen son, Tommy, in a modest but nice apartment. Her ex-mother-in-law, Ina, however, cannot step away from criticizing, belittling and otherwise insinuating herself into Maisie's life. Ina's excuse is her “darling grandson” whose private-school tuition she insists on paying for.

      To her credit, Maisie, has tried to move on after her divorce from Rex. She has her own business – serving as a personal assistant to a variety of clients (from a Harvard professor to a pair of wealthy spinster sisters), and has been dating an attorney. But when Tommy introduces her to his new girlfriend, September Silva, Maisie and Ina finally agree on something – the girl is totally unsuitable. Or is she?

      This is a comedy of manners with modern complications – custody battles, unfit (or unwilling) mothers, meddlesome mothers-in-law, unfaithful spouses, the Goth craze. Maisie has to decide if she will trust her son, an intelligent, generous, “good” kid or become a clone of Ina. Remembering how difficult her ex-MIL has always made things for her, Maisie is determined to act differently, to give September the benefit of the doubt and try to truly understand bother her son and this multi-pierced, skull-ring-wearing stranger who seems to be encouraging Tommy to join her in dropping out of school to become a musician.

      The characters ring true, if a bit over the top at times. It's a quick, entertaining read.