Children have a way of forcing you back into the present moment.
Sinatra was just one of Mom's friends.
My mother's life had been destroyed by the Garland legend.
The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them.
My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt.
My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences