"HOLLYWOOD MOMS"               Their names & faces are emblazoned               across marquees and magazines               everywhere & yet the famous women               featured in HOLLYWOOD MOMS               (Photos by Joyce Ostin, Introduction by               Carrie Fisher,  published by                                            Photographer Joyce Ostin               Harry N. Abrams),  are not mere icons.                         lives in Los Angeles with               They are flesh and  blood,                                               her husband,                heart and soul, and mothers and                                    DreamWorks Records               daughters. This remarkable                                            Executive, Michael Ostin,               collection of  photographs                                               & their three daughters.               and commentary offers heartwarming,                                                    candid portraits of the entertainment                                                          industry's most acclaimed  actresses,                                        Carrie Fisher               directors, producers, and  performers,                                       (wrote the intro-               each one posing with her  mother or                                         duction has starred in               daughter with their quotes on the                                             numerous motion                universal theme of motherhood.                                            pictures (Star Wars                                                                                               series & Blues Brothers),  and is                                                                                               the author of Postcards from the               Joyce Ostin's intimate photographs,                  the Edge & Surrender the Pink.               capturing the celebrities at home with                               their loved ones, are a testament to the             She lives in LA with her daughter,                wonder and power of the   mother-                     Billie.               daughter bond.  A breast cancer                                       survivor, Ostin created this book as                   Her mother is Film Star Legend               a gift of hope and inspiration to                                                   Debbie Reynolds.               women everywhere.                                                               Joyce Ostin is donating 100%               of her proceeds from the sale               of this book to breast and               ovarian cancer research.

The Goodness of Family                                        At age 13, when my grandmother left Poland                                        during the war, she waved goodbye to her Mother,                                        knowing she would never see her again.                                         Great Grandma was willing to send her daughter to the                                         far-off land of America in hopes of a better life.                                         That's called 'tough love'.                                                            Pat Riley & Mom Helen