You're hitched, for better and for worse, in sickness and in health, in shopping and in endless family gossip, writes Lorraine Bodger in I'm Happy If You're Happy. Every mother will want a copy to give to her daughter; every daughter will want one for her mother.

Without a doubt, the bond between mothers and daughters is indestructible. Through every milestone event, every crisis, every joy, mothers and daughters are there for each other, even when they don't always see eye to eye. What daughter hasn't exclaimed in dismay, Oh no, I sound just like my mother! And what mother hasn't shouted in frustration, Just you wait until you're a mother. Then you'll understand! Both mothers and daughters will smile as they recognize the moments in this book: