Mary Pflum Peterson, White Dresses

Mary Pflum Peterson is an Emmy Award winning producer for Good Morning America.  She is a driven, highly successful television professional and former reporter for CNN.   Her childhood, however, was complicated.  Her mother suffered an emotional breakdown and took solace in hoarding, filling the house with "treasures."  The bond that held mother and daughter was symbolized by the white dresses that marked important milestones in their lives.  She tells her powerful and important story in White Dresses:  A Memoir of Love and Secrets, Mothers and Daughters.