Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, A Daughter and the People Who Raised Them

Amy Dickinson has made a career out of helping others through her internationally syndicated advice column 'Ask Amy', as successor to Ann Landers. Here, in her memoir, she opens up about her own life, revealing the realities she's faced by being a single mother, and sharing her experience of raising her daughter Emily after Emily's father left - with the help of her large, wonderful family in her small hometown of Freeville, NY. Though it is a town that looks like the 'before' picture in an extreme makover show, it's the town that is home to Amy's extended family of women that Amy credits with saving her and Emily - the reason for which Emily deemed them the 'Mighty Queens'. Her story (imagine Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood meets Fannie Flagg) will make you both laugh and cry, but most of all it will remind you of the importance and power of family and the people and relationships you surround yourself with. Brutally honest and beautifully written, this moving memoir will without a doubt touch a vast audience because everyone can find a little bit of themselves in this story.