Life's a Mother

In Life’s a Mother, Beth Adubato tells the story of three working moms, each trying to strike a balance between earning the money to raise the kids and actually raising the kids. Melissa Flynn is a successful plastic surgeon who wonders about the wanderings of her husband; Mary Rose Flaherty manages an entire New York City building, but can't manage to get her sons to pick up their socks; Wendy Romeo is a sportscaster from New Jersey covering NASCAR in the South and trying to cover the roles of mom and dad, far away from her family or her daughter's father. Can they provide for their kids, have meaningful relationships, and be successful in their careers? And would having a little sex once-in-a-while be too much to ask?

“Nobody chooses to do this alone,” Wendy tells her mother, yet that’s exactly how each woman feels at the end of the night, with their kids asleep and no one to share their worries or the good things. At some point while trying to pay the bills, drive their children to their various activities, run a household, and maybe go on an occasional date, they forgot about friendship.

When we first meet the women, two are single moms and the third fears she may soon join them. Working in three completely different occupations in three different states no less, it’s a carpool line where their lives collide, for better or for worse.

Forced together by their fifth graders, can three women with such disparate backgrounds and situations work together or will resentments, misunderstandings, and secrets get in their way?

Kids…jobs…men. Sometimes life can be one or maybe you just need the friendship of…a real mother.