Too Many Mothers" is the remarkable story of Roberta Taylors early life & the extended family that brought her up. Roberta travels to the emotional heart of her childhood to reveal the lives led by the men & women who influenced her most in her formative years. " Too Many Mothers" is a portrait of an embattled family at war with itself & the outside world. From petty crime to pet monkeys tender romance to emotional blackmail illegitimacy adoption & even murder Roberta Taylor has written a bittersweet & memoir of her early life."