deza, I thought of you yesterday at the library. I mean, even more than usual. There was a book on the shelves that did it this time, though.
How to manage your mother: understanding the most difficult, complicated, and fascinating relationship in your life by Alyce Faye Cleese.
ISBN: 0060393343
http://www.harpercollins.com/hc/features/mothers/manage.asp
(I just found out that the author is married to John Cleese.)