Mothers and Daughters: How to Stay Close and Stay Sane

Description

Joan Sauers, bestselling author of Ageing Disgracefully and mother of a teenage daughter, gives us her warm, witty and wise take on the whole mother-daughter bond. With more than 300 indispensable tips, gentle advice, pithy observations and poignant moments in an attractive gift format, this book will appeal to women of all ages and stages of life. From reminders to remember you love her even when you want to MURDER her, to feisty suggestions on age-appropriate dress (it's okay to borrow your teenager's top, but NOT her miniskirt!) and reflections on how we feel when our mums age, this book will be light, bright and fun, yet always tender. Sure to bring a tear to the eye of mums (and daughters) everywhere.

Joan Sauers is a script editor, writer and the mother of a teenage daughter. She has worked on films such as Caterpillar Wish, The Heartbreak Kid and Feeling Sexy, and television series including Heartbreak High, The Ferals and The Little Things with Antonia Kidman. Joan is the author of 9 books on health, parenting and relationships, including Sex Lives of Australian Teenagers, Brothers and Sisters; Teething, Tantrums and Tattoos; and the best-selling A Grown-up Girl's Guide to Life. A documentary based on Brothers and Sisters was made for the ABC and broadcast to wide critical acclaim. Joan's writing has been published in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, Vogue and Marie Claire. Joan moved to Australia from New York in 1987, and now lives in Sydney.