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A bit about the book<\/strong> Described by reviewers as \u201can absolute joy to read\u201d and \u201csolidly entertaining and poignantly sweet,\u201d the book blends real-life lessons with guest commentary.<\/p>\n A few sample chapters: Grandparenting, Best Job on the Planet; The Thing About Facebook; and Just Love Them. Also there\u2019s a closing feel-good chapter, Wisdom from a Mother-in-Law Virtuoso.<\/p>\n About the author<\/strong> She has spent her career working with words, starting as a journalist writing for community newspapers and then moving into various forms of communications for trade associations and hi-tech companies. Along the way, Kenis and her husband raised two daughters and one son. She is a mother-in-law twice over, and a grandmother of three. Kenis lives in Monterey, California, USA.<\/p>\n A selection of book reviews and testimonials<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThis book is insightful and delightful. It\u2019s the Ann Landers for mothers in-law and daughters in-law, containing balanced, witty, and thoughtful anecdotes about family relationships, with worthwhile advice. I devoured this enjoyable book in one sitting! I\u2019m now giving this book to all my mother in-law friends, newlyweds, and newly engaged couples!\u201d — Rick Kennifer (Amazon, 5 stars)<\/p>\n \u201cFrom pre-nuptials about puppies to bringing up old girlfriends to bonding over recipes, there is always an X factor when it comes to daughter-in-law and mother-in-law relationships. This book captures it all with whimsical, heart-warming, and “she really said that?” stories. An absolute joy to read.\u201d \u2013 Moryt Milo (Amazon, 5 stars)<\/p>\n \u201cI loved this book. It is a combination of lessons, humor, and the best and worst mother-in-law examples. The Wisdom from a MIL Virtuoso story reminded me to forgive, forget and lead with love and maybe sometimes you just have to get out of the way.\u201d \u2014Cindy Small, mother-in-law and grandmother of three<\/p>\n \u201cSolidly entertaining and poignantly sweet, this book had me gasping at the bad mothers-in-law, laughing with the insightful daughters-in-law, and reminiscing about my own late mother-in-law with warmth and affection.\u201d \u2014Cady McCowin, experienced daughter-in-law<\/p>\n \u201cThis book is such a fun read! I most appreciate the \u201clife lessons\u201d after each story. They suggest a how-to for each scenario which I found to be quite helpful.\u201d \u2014Jennie B., wife, teacher and mother of one<\/p>\n In honor of Mother\u2019s Day 2021, what better gift than The Good, the Bad, the Mother-in-Law? The 120-page gift book was written for an assortment of \u201cmoms\u201d \u2013 moms-to-be, new moms, new grandmas, and of course, mothers-in-laws and daughters-in-law. During the months of April and May, the book is on sale for $9.95 when you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":652234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-652230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ulster-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652230"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652340,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652230\/revisions\/652340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Good, the Bad, the Mother-in-Law offers up entertaining, quirky, and touching accounts of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships. The collection of stories range from dastardly and outlandish to humorous and loving, covering the mother-in-law journey from engagement and wedding to the pitter-patter of grandchildren. Other themes touch on generational communication, taming the need to control, and pitfalls to watch for.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mm2.jpg\")
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\nKenis Dunne wonders if three decades is some sort of questionable record for writing and publishing a 120-page book. \u201cHey, I had stuff to do \u2013 marriage, career, children, planning to join a gym.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.intouchrugby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/mm3.jpg\")
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