The Tail On My Mother's Kite: a memoir - Paperback

by Maralys Wills (Author)

What can possibly go wrong in a household led by a mother who is educated, rich, and beautiful? As Maralys and her brother, Allan, learn, the answer is everything. Thanks to a mother who marries seven times, the children are dragged from city to city and husband to husband. Yet this memoir proves that youthful willpower can prevail over powerful adversity. "Maralys Wills, part of an extraordinary--ordinary--family, lived a yo-yo life, growing up in fourteen different locations. She experienced wealth and deprivation, moments of warm hugs and seasons of stunning neglect. At the center of the story is her loving, impetuous, generous, selfish, oversexed, often-absent Mother, a woman lucky enough to raise--or sometimes raise--two brilliant children. Maralys is now a full-time author with a marvelous memory, a wise but childlike sense of humor, a chronic lust for adventure, and a lasting trust in the ultimate good. It's a life lesson." --Stephanie Edwards, Emmy-wining TV/Radio Commentator

Author Biography

Maralys Wills has lived three distinct lives: author of fifteen published books, teacher of college students, and mother of six children-five boys and a girl. Educated at Stanford and UCLA, she is married to a retired trial attorney. She currently teaches novel writing on the college level, and in 2000 was named Teacher of the Year.Her most challenging project, a poignant memoir titled Higher Than Eagles, became her biggest triumph, garnering excellent reviews and five movie options.Wills considers public speaking the dessert for all the hard work of writing, and relishes every moment spent with a receptive audience. She welcomes readers' input.