"Determined to smooth five decades of constant clashing, author Jane Christmas decides to take her arthritic, incontinent, and strong-willed mother - a cross between Queen Victoria and Hyacinth Bucket of the British comedy Keeping Up Appearances - on a month-long road trip through Italy. But as the two zip along the winding Amalfi Coast, traverse St. Peter's Square in Rome, bounce over the waves to Sicily, and pad around a rented trullo in Alberobello - walker, biscuits, shawls, and medications in tow - the bickering and bitterness of years past bubble to the surface. Unflinching and frequently hilarious, Incontinent on the Continent will strike a chord with anyone who has tried to make friends with her mother." --Book Jacket.
