How to Manage Your Mother : Understanding the Most Difficult, Complicated, and Fascinating Relationship in Your Life

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Summary: So that¿s where I went wrong . . .
Review: A great read what an insight to mothers and relationships. With great examples Alyce Faye demonstrates different mother relationships. A great insight, well written - and I would recommend this.

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Summary: Remembering Mama
Review: Alice Faye Cleese's book is filled with fascinating case histories -- including some famous folks' relationships with their mothers(ie Mike Nichols, Stephen Sondheim, Lauren Hutton and the author's husband--the celebrated actor John Cleese. In today's world career moms don't have as much time to spend on 'der kinder' as my mom's generation, and I have heard sad stories, particularly about those young people growing up in the 'drug' age. HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MOTHER will be helpful for all problem mothers and children to open a dialogue for further understanding of their relationships It might not have been as necessary in my mother's day when fewer women had careers;most of their time was devoted to their families, so much so that when children grew up many moms didn't have enough of their own interests to fall back on. This easily read 'textbook' offers solid advice! And it encourages you to 'remember mama' .I always had a very close relationship with mine, but she has been dead over 40 years and I don't always think of her. The pleasure for me in reading How To Manage Your Mother was that it not only brought back many warm and tender memories, but also in pointing out many bad vibes between parent and child, it made me realize how lucky I was to have had a mother as beautifully giving as mine. Cornell University has now added this book to their psychologicl reading list, but it's great for the layman! I can't wait for the sequel on managing fathers--not just because I'm a dad, but what a nice gift for my sons and grandsons next Father's Day!

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Summary: Remembering Mama
Review: Alice Faye Cleese's book is filled with fascinating case histories -- including some famous folks' relationships with their mothers(ie Mike Nichols, Stephen Sondheim, Lauren Hutton and the author's husband--the celebrated actor John Cleese. In today's world career moms don't have as much time to spend on 'der kinder' as my mom's generation, and I have heard sad stories, particularly about those young people growing up in the 'drug' age. HOW TO MANAGE YOUR MOTHER will be helpful for all problem mothers and children to open a dialogue for further understanding of their relationships It might not have been as necessary in my mother's day when fewer women had careers;most of their time was devoted to their families, so much so that when children grew up many moms didn't have enough of their own interests to fall back on. This easily read 'textbook' offers solid advice! And it encourages you to 'remember mama' .I always had a very close relationship with mine, but she has been dead over 40 years and I don't always think of her. The pleasure for me in reading How To Manage Your Mother was that it not only brought back many warm and tender memories, but also in pointing out many bad vibes between parent and child, it made me realize how lucky I was to have had a mother as beautifully giving as mine. Cornell University has now added this book to their psychologicl reading list, but it's great for the layman! I can't wait for the sequel on managing fathers--not just because I'm a dad, but what a nice gift for my sons and grandsons next Father's Day!

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Summary: The Urgency in Understanding Mother
Review: Alyce Cleese has written at once a most insightful and a most human account of the complexities involved in that journey we must all take toward knowing our mothers, both in themselves and in our difficult relationship to them. This book is a must reading for all who would want to know themselves better, for Cleese shows the connections between self and mother in a most penetrating way. Drawing from a variety of sources, including many of the rich and famous, Alyce Cleese is able to explore humurously and with great intelligence that one bond which is both our major heritage and unavoidable destiny.

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Summary: thought provoking insights
Review: Excellent study on mother/child relationship that allows thereader to reflect on his or her own, often complex, relationship with"Mom". It also gives the reader insight into how this all important relationship affects the way one intereacts with others throughout life. For this reader, it brought back long forgotten memories and reminders of lessons learned at a mother's knee. A very good read.

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Summary: Managing Mother
Review: How to Manage Your Mother is a valuable self-help book that reads like a who-dun-it. Psychologist Alyce Faye Cleese, wife of British actor John Cleese, has created a very usable, practical approach to facing issues that inevitably arise when we deal with our mothers, and at the same time has managed to do so in captivating storytelling fashion. Spend some time looking at the Who's Who ofthe credit page; then figure out whose mother belongs to whom. By the time you reach the practical 10 step approach at the end, you'll be ready to face your own mom with a brand new perspective.

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Summary: Understanding Another Mother: ME!
Review: I am blessed with a gifted, unusual, highly talented mother who is now 77 years old. We have evolved into a good "adult" relationship. I purchased the book in hopes of finding it helpful to my sister (whose relationship is somewhat rocky). Lo and behold, I found MYSELF (mother of two) in the pages of this book (as well as my own mother). The best thing I took away from the book is that I need to let go a little more, and let my children develop into who they are instead of trying to keep them young, perfect, and unblemished forever. The book discusses "other mothers" and I had two wonderful ones, who I will be thanking as mothers this Mother's Day for the first time ever. (I have thanked them for the support while growing up, but not on Mother's Day.) I have always supported my own daughter's "other mothers" because my relationships with mine were so helpful, and I plan to share the book with them.

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Summary: A great how-to book on relationships
Review: I enjoyed reading Alyce Faye Cleese's book on the mothering relationship. My mother has been dead for many years but the relationship lives on thru memories, thru my relationships with my children and thru other important relationships. The ten steps in the back of the book are especially helpful in dealing with anyone in your life. I bought a copy of this book for each of my children in hopes that it would facilitate better understanding between all of us. The main message of this book to me was mothers are people too and to have an adult to adult relationship with them you must move beyond your child-like view. Great read, hope another book follows this one soon.

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Summary: Managing Mother
Review: If you only buy one book this year - make it How to Manage Your Mother! It is worth every cent! Through the stories of the lives of famous public figures and unknowns alike, the writing of Alyce Faye Cleese and Brian Bates evokes painfully poignant as well as hilariously funny memories of childhood - you will shed tears of nostalgia and of joy. Whether you loved your mother or hated her, this book is for you. For me, it made sense of not only my relationship with my mother, but put my relationship with my own children in perspective too. From it's 'funny mother' stories to it's sheer common sense advice, How to Manage Your Mother will make you see the most significant woman in your life in a very different light. Highly recommended.

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Summary: 5 Stars is not enough!
Review: If you only buy one book this year - make it How to Manage Your Mother! It is worth every cent! Through the stories of the lives of famous public figures and unknowns alike, the writing of Alyce Faye Cleese and Brian Bates evokes painfully poignant as well as hilariously funny memories of childhood - you will shed tears of nostalgia and of joy. Whether you loved your mother or hated her, this book is for you. For me, it made sense of not only my relationship with my mother, but put my relationship with my own children in perspective too. From it's 'funny mother' stories to it's sheer common sense advice, How to Manage Your Mother will make you see the most significant woman in your life in a very different light. Highly recommended.