How do you grieve the love of your life? Write about your time together.This love story between a daughter and her mother lasts 27 years. Their frank exchanges about God, love, sex, food, patience and even each other inspire each page. Their bond produces the bluprint the daughter will use not only when she has her own children to raise, but also as a guide for the other relationships she will have during her own lifetime.Such a narrative would've never been possible if the mother hadn't falled in love with a man 23 years her junior.