"The story of the alcoholic addict has been told innumerable times. A child who survives being raised by one is a special find. Tara Cummins's Mother's Ingredients takes a fresh and unflinching approach, detailing what it was like being raised by a mother more concerned with her next fix than putting food on the table for her children. Now as a newly married young woman, Tara is faced with impending motherhood to twin girls. She worries that she will fail as a nurturing mother given she did not have a maternal role model. This emotionally-charged debut memoir beats with heart and unexpected compassion on every page." –Paula Priamos, author of Gold Foreword Indie Winner Inside V and The Shysters's Daughter: A Memoir