A woman reluctantly takes on the responsibilityof putting her eccentric rebellious mother into a retirement home, andmanaging her care. She has her own daughter to raise and nurture, amarriage and a business to hold together, and her own psychologicaltroubles due in good part to how she was mothered.my mother, my madnessis Colleen Higgss diary of her mothers last ten years. It is at oncefunny, harrowing, mundane, chaotic, and full of insight. It is a richand moving story which unfolds through its characters like a novel.