Life, love and Jeanette

"When Jeanette Brokaw forsook a successful business career for marriage with Loren Parrish, she had three generations of his womenfolk with whom to deal; Maidie, his child by a first marriage, adoring her father, a little apprehensive of the newcomer in the family; his mother, who saw in Jeanette a tonic for her son's waning self-confidence; his grandmother, who used her age and infirmities to drive a hard bargain with the young wife"--Dust jacket flap.