Book Dish: It Hit Me Like A Ton Of Bricks  

There is no other relationship in the universe that compares to mother and daughter. Some will say "it is the best of times, it is the worst of times" such as the years when you, the daughter are between 10 and 18 years old and you really just don't "get" each other.

My mom is my best friend now and I see the relationship in an entirely different light, I guess this is what is supposed to happen and I am am grateful for it. With all of the struggle between mother and daughter you would think that there would be more books about it.

When North Point Press sent me a great memoir by actress Catherine Lloyd Burns titled It Hit Me Like A Ton of Bricks
I added it to my book pile and put it off for a few weeks. I was a little afraid that it would be sad to be honest, and one thing I can't read about or watch movies about is a mother dying. I cry even at the thought of Terms of Endearment to this day and can't make it past the hospital scene without getting all blotchy. However by the first paragraph  of this book I knew that I would be telling you about it right away.

Burns is an actress who has appeared on ER and Law & Order, and in this memoir she details the struggle to find acceptance and every day compassion from her own mother. I found it funny (only because I was not the one going through it), smart, and I could not put it down.

It is so well written and the pages just come to life and jump out at you. Sure there is nothing groundbreaking in writing a book about mother and daughter, but what is groundbreaking is the startling truth and honesty you will find, and shock when you say to yourself "I know exactly what she is talking about".

Get it at your local bookshop or at Barnes & Noble.