"Single-mom Kik Marcheson is doing the best she can. Unfortunately, effort doesn't seem to count for much in the parenting department. Her oldest daughter has drifted into the deep end of adolescence, her middle-child slash good-girl is starting to go under, and even the quirky five-year-old has begun to struggle. When a TV therapist offers help, the family accepts. But tying a life raft to living room sofas all over the country has its own dangers." -- Back cover.