"Mother—in-Law's Diary" is Maria Metlitskaya's most famous novel, which, according to one journalist's apt remark, should be issued at the registry office along with a marriage certificate.Has your son, whom you brought from the hospital only yesterday and recently took to the first grade, changed a lot? Texting, hanging on the phone for hours, answering at random? The diagnosis is clear. Remember the joke: a mother has been making a man out of her son for twenty years, and his girlfriend is capable of making an idiot out of him in twenty minutes. Yes, the hour is not far off when you will become not just a woman and not even just a wife and mother, but a mother-in-law. And you should definitely read this book, because it is an excellent psychotherapy for those who have recently become a mother-in-law, and for those who have been carrying this burden for a long time, and for those who dread changes in their lives.Or maybe you're the girl who caused the family's hope to turn into a lovesick klutz? Then this book is for you too, because every mother—in-law was once a daughter-in-law. And every daughter—in-law - attention! — someday she may become a mother-in-law. Read more…