It was just to keep myself safe." In Be Ready When the Luck Happens, Garten describes her mother as controlling. She tells PEOPLE that her bedroom, the same one that she calls her "safe haven," wa...
"I wouldn't be surprised if she was diagnosed with Asperger's [Syndrome]," says Garten. "She really didn't know how to have a relationship, which is why I think, as I've go...
"[My mother] thought I was too young to get married," Garten recalls, "but it was the first time in my life when I just said to her, 'I know you don't think this is a good idea. An...
"I just wasn't about to spend my life like that. And I think, a lot of times, people make a decision to live their lives differently and they end up sliding back into what they feel is familia...