MAMA DRAMA: A Journey with Bipolar and Dementia, Finding Light Through Loss and Grief
by Sheri SmithPublish: Mar 21, 2025Biographies & Memoirs
Book Overview
Mama Drama is a deeply personal and emotionally charged memoir by Sheri Smith that takes readers on a journey through the highs and lows of her extraordinary life.
From a childhood on Broadway at age seven, to starring in the iconic M&M commercial (“Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand”), Smith’s story unfolds through... pivotal moments such as building a thriving catering business, managing a castle-themed vacation rental in Hawaii, and ultimately losing everything in 2014. Forced to start over at age sixty, she navigates heartbreak, estrangement, and loss, particularly the devastating betrayal that kept her from her mother in her final years as she succumbed to dementia.
Yet, amid the chaos and setbacks, Smith discovers resilience, spiritual growth, and the power of community. She turns to meditation, Paraliminals, Kabbalah, and self-exploration, learning to embrace the unpredictability of life with humor and unwavering determination.
Told with raw honesty and a candid, often humorous voice, Mama Drama is a powerful story of reinvention, survival, and the complicated, beautiful mess of family and love.read more
BIOGRAPHY Sheri Smith considers herself lucky to have TWO passions. She is a caterer since 1990 and has been writing in her spare time since she was a kid. Poetry, screenplays, and more. Currently working on Mama Drama and is releasing When We Wrote Letters (by decade).