The Complete Book of Mothers-in-law: A CelebrationLuisa Dillner looks beyond the stereotype of the mother-in-law and finds they come in many different varieties; from loveable and loyal to lonely, ferocious and scheming. There are brave mothers-in-law such as the explorer and missionary David Livingstone's who trekked hundreds of miles across Africa to help out with the grandchildren, impossible ones like the actress Judy Garland, who picked her own son-in-law, and royal ones such as Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II who both found controlling their sons- and daughters-in-law their hardest job of all. |
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My Motherinlaw Maggie | 1 |
an Essential History | 15 |
Mothersinlaw in Different Cultures | 43 |
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