Frankie Carter’s alcoholic mother, Doralee, left her forty-seven years ago, so when she reappears, Frankie feels she’s been granted a second chance to have the relationship she’s always fantasized about. 
Erratic and unpredictable as ever, Doralee repeatedly pushes Frankie away, breaking her heart all over again but that doesn’t keep Frankie from trying to earn her mother’s love. 

Frankie’s dear friends in the Marriage Survivors Club remind her that all mothers––herself included––are imperfect. Doralee, they tell her, will never be the mother Frankie always dreamed of. They encourage her to accept what love her mother can give before time runs out and Frankie loses her for the very last time.

"Do-Over Daughter"

by Annette Nauraine