

Yet as Ellen begins to spend time with Kate, she discovers many surprising truths, not only about herself, but also about the woman she thought she knew so well.

A high-powered career woman, Ellen has never felt she had much in common with her mother, a homemaker and the heart of their family.

Ellen’s father insists that she quit her job and return home to become a caregiver. painstakingly uncovering all the intensity, suspicion and primitive love that bonds mothers and daughters.”- The Boston GlobeĮllen Gulden is enjoying her career as a successful magazine writer in New York City when she learns that her mother, Kate, is dying of cancer.
