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MOTHERS CAN HAVE IT ALL OR CAN THEY?
By Timika Chambers

GENRE: Family, Drama
LOGLINE:

An overwhelmed mother learns the real meaning of family.

SYNOPSIS:

Janet, a wife, mother of two teenagers, a sixteen-month-old, and a full-time party planner, is beyond burnout. Her family life is noncohesive and in complete disarray. Janet's day starts with misplacing her keys and rushing yet again. The family dog, who eats everything but his dog food, vomits and poops under the kitchen table. Now, Janet's teenagers are late for their preppy school. Next, a by-the-book principal belittles Janet and tells her that working mothers can't have everything. Janet sees the light in her dark tunnel of despair after meeting Harietta, a wounded scientist, at the grocery store. Harietta confirms that mothers can have the balance they seek and offers to help Janet. Later that day, Janet learns her criticizing mother-in-law is coming to live with them for six- weeks. Then, Janet finds a boy's phone number in her thirteen-year-old daughter's belongings. Out of desperation, she enlists Harrietta's help. Harietta creates a duplicate of Janet, but the clone lasts only four weeks. When everyone, including her boss, sees how well she manages her life, Janet receives additional responsibilities, including hosting a huge Thanksgiving dinner for her company. Unbeknownst to Harrietta, Janet orders five more clones. On the night of the Thanksgiving dinner, Janet realizes that her clones are aging faster. Janet's Thanksgiving dinner is a disaster, and the whole town discovers that Janet is not the mother she appears to be. Finally, Janet redeems herself by throwing a family-inspired Christmas party.

What mother wouldn't want an extra set of hands to help balance motherhood responsibilities and achieve the perfect life-work balance? And, yet, mothers worldwide deal with a consistent record playing in their minds, repeating the tune, I'm only one person, as they juggle multiple roles.

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Rose Scott

Did you mean to say that the mother-in-law moving in is a fiasco? If so, you are asking the reader to do the work. That means relying on stereotypes of mothers in law. Why is her particular mother in law a problem? Not all are bad. What is the significance of the scientist being wounded? If it can’t be answered succinctly in the logline, I don’t think it should be included. Other people may feel otherwise.

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