This Gripping And Darkly Funny Memoir Is A Testament To The Undeniable, Indestructible Love Between A Mother And A Daughter (isaac Mizrahi).liz Scheiers Mother Was A News Junkie, A Hilarious Storyteller, A Fast-talking Charmer You Couldnt Look Away From, A Single Mother Whose Devotion Crossed The Line Into Obsession, Andwhen In The Grips Of The Mental Illness That Plagued Hera Masterful Liar. On An Otherwise Uneventful Afternoon When Scheier Was Eighteen, Her Mother Sauntered Into The Room And Dropped Two Bombshells. First, That She Had Been Married For Most Of The Previous Two Decades To A Man Liz Had Never Heard Of And, Second, That The Man She Had Claimed Was Lizs Dead Father Was Entirely Fictional.