Lucky in the Corner

Nora and Fern''s relationship as mother and daughter is a tumble of love and distrust. To Nora her daughter is an enigma -- at the same time wonderful and unfindable. Fern sees her mother as treacherous -- for busting up their family to move in with her lover Jeanne. As their lives become complicated by the arrivals of a skateboarding boyfriend for Fern a shadowy affair for Nora a baby in need of a family and by the failing health of Lucky their beloved dog this mother and daughter find their way onto a fresh footing with each other. With sharp humor and perception (O: The Oprah Magazine) Lucky in the Corner shows us the way a family reconfigures itself as unexpected changes come its way -- and how no matter what shape it takes it remains a family.