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Susan's epic effort to differentiate herself from the consuming power of this unique woman is every woman's struggle, but writ large, crazy, and funny. --Rosanne Cash, author of Composed <br><br> Susan Morse writes in a dream state, and The Habit is funny and moving and wise. After reading it, you'll see Susan's mother in a whole new way, and your own mother, too. --Michael Bamberger, author of The Swinger<br><br> In her portrait of her hilarious and heroic struggle with an almost impossiblemother, Susan Morse has captured the mother-daughter paradox like no one else in recent memory. --Rebecca Pepper Sinkler, former editor of the New York Times Book Review Morse's caustic, changeable, demanding, smarty-pants mother is a late-life Sharon Sedaris, had Sharon Sedaris lived and become an Orthodox Christian nun in her eighties, and Morse herself is a crackerjack guide. --Cynthia Kaplan, author of Why I'm Like Thi s A page-turning, humorous account of one woman's experience during her difficult mother's turbulent journey into old age. . . . A lively testament to a complicated though loving mother-daughter relationship. -- Kirkus Reviews A sometimes searing, often hilarious account of a mother-daughter relationship Hallmark probably doesn't have a card for. --Ellen Gray, Philadelphia Daily News

Susan's epic effort to differentiate herself from the consuming power of this unique woman is every woman's struggle, but writ large, crazy, and funny. --Rosanne Cash, author of Composed Susan Morse writes in a dream state, and The Habit is funny and moving and wise. After reading it, you'll see Susan's mother in a whole new way, and your own mother, too. --Michael Bamberger, author of The Swinger In her portrait of her hilarious and heroic struggle with an almost impossiblemother, Susan Morse has captured the mother-daughter paradox like no one else in recent memory. --Rebecca Pepper Sinkler, former editor of the New York Times Book Review Morse's caustic, changeable, demanding, smarty-pants mother is a late-life Sharon Sedaris, had Sharon Sedaris lived and become an Orthodox Christian nun in her eighties, and Morse herself is a crackerjack guide. --Cynthia Kaplan, author of Why I'm Like Thi s A page-turning, humorous account of one woman's experience during her difficult mother's turbulent journey into old age. . . . A lively testament to a complicated though loving mother-daughter relationship. -- Kirkus Reviews A sometimes searing, often hilarious account of a mother-daughter relationship Hallmark probably doesn't have a card for. --Ellen Gray, Philadelphia Daily News

Susan's epic effort to differentiate herself from the consuming power of this unique woman is every woman's struggle, but writ large, crazy, and funny. --Rosanne Cash, author of Composed Susan Morse writes in a dream state, and The Habit is funny and moving and wise. After reading it, you'll see Susan's mother in a whole new way, and your own mother, too. --Michael Bamberger, author of The Swinger In her portrait of her hilarious and heroic struggle with an almost impossiblemother, Susan Morse has captured the mother-daughter paradox like no one else in recent memory. --Rebecca Pepper Sinkler, former editor of the New York Times Book Review Morse's caustic, changeable, demanding, smarty-pants mother is a late-life Sharon Sedaris, had Sharon Sedaris lived and become an Orthodox Christian nun in her eighties, and Morse herself is a crackerjack guide. --Cynthia Kaplan, author of Why I'm Like This A page-turning, humorous account of one woman's experience during her difficult mother's turbulent journey into old age. . . . A lively testament to a complicated though loving mother-daughter relationship. --Kirkus Reviews A sometimes searing, often hilarious account of a mother-daughter relationship Hallmark probably doesn't have a card for. --Ellen Gray, Philadelphia Daily News

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Susan Morse was educated at Williams College and has worked as an actress in L.A. and New York. She now lives in Philadelphia with her husband, David, and their three children. She has edited fiction, although this book is nonfiction. Mostly. She promises.

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