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Gloria McDonough-TaubGloria McDonough-Taub is the senior producer here at CNBC responsible for the booking of all things books. She reviews the books that come in to CNBC and works with the shows to decide which author has a good enough story to be featured on our air.

She has nearly 30 years of TV experience including local and national news, documentaries, talk shows and syndication. She's interviewed presidents, pundits, and pampered princesses. Now she just wants to kick back and read a good book.
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Aug.12
1:55 PM ET
Tuesday, 12 Aug 2008
My Olympic Quest - Where's The Other Michael Phelps Story?

Deborah & Michael Phelps
Source: Babble.com
Deborah & Michael Phelps

C’mon – seriously?

Looks they’re going to go ahead on publish Lynne Spears' “mom-moir” next month.

The mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn has uh, “tweaked” her story - it’ll now be less of a parenting handbook – and more of a juicy tell-all of how hard her life has been (yawn) raising the pop tart and her sister, the Disney star-unwed-teen-mother. (“not that there’s anything wrong with that”)

“Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World”, will be released September 16.

The mother I want to hear from is Deborah Phelps – mom of the water wizard, Michael.

By now most of the world knows the Cliff Notes of their story – she was a single mom raising three kids on her own and he had been diagnosed with A.D.H.D. – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. BUT – she’s got a great story to tell in detail like, how she coped when a teacher told her, “your son will never be able to focus on anything.”

I’m sure there’s a news release already in the works just waiting to be sent that will soon announce her book deal.

In the meantime – you can read Michael’s pre-Beijing autobiography, “Michael Phelps: Beneath the Surface” – it’s moving up on Amazon – now #3 in the sports category.

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