Every Mother Has a Story: A Shebooks/Good Housekeeping Anthology

The winners of the Shebooks/Good Housekeeping memoir contest offer three slices of life as a mother.

In "e;People Don't Get Me, Mom,"e; Jackie Mercurio carries a troubling secret that will change the life of her brilliant, misunderstood boy.

Then a family trip to the Butterfly Garden takes them to a place of healing and wonder.

In "e;Coyote Tales,"e; Jacinta Hart Kehoe recovers from an accident she wasn't supposed to survive but struggles to help her adopted daughter learn to love and trust again. And in "e;Pulling Rabbits from a Hat,"e; Cynthia Leonard tells her fascinating story of growing up in a magical act, with a mother who disappeared and reappeared nightly.