In it, Harden reveals the agony of watching her beloved mother, Beverly, suffer with Alzheimer’s. The Seasons of My Mother: A Memoir of Love, Family, and Flowers, is bold, funny, and sensitive. Marcia Gay’s own nurturing and outspoken personality are now exposed off the stage and screen, in her first book. Leanne can be a nurturing mother and still be as strong as she needs to be.” It’s more fun to play someone who is slightly unsafe. “They’re exploring a softer side of me, but I don’t really want her to become safe.