Terms of Endearment Author:Larry McMurtry Aurora Greenway is the kind of woman who makes the world turn around her -- including her string of devoted suitors. Widowed with an infant daughter, Emma, of whom she is at first overprotective, Aurora slowly learns to adapt and compromise. Then she has to face Emma's hasty marriage, and heartbreaking battle with cancer... This is the Oscar-win... more »ning story of how mother and daughter learn the joys and pitfalls of love.« less