Britney's Mom to Dish on Spears Family Values

Although Britney Spears' formative years still seem to be in full swing, fans are about to be brought up to speed on what it was like growing up as a pop princess, as seen through the eyes of her mom.

Lynne Spears has inked a deal to pen a memoir focusing on her role as showbiz family matriarch, Curt Harding, a spokesman for the Christian book publisher Thomas Nelson Inc., told E! News Friday.

Pop Culture Mom: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World has been marked for a May 11, 2008—Mother's Day—release.

Harding said that he has not yet seen a manuscript so he can't say how deeply the book will delve into the Spears' private lives or, more important, whether Lynne's viewpoint will encompass the current state of her daughter's career and high-profile lifestyle, both of which are obviously attracting a different caliber of headlines than they were a few years ago.

Spears and her mother visited for the first time in months on Oct. 6, when Lynne and younger daughter Jamie Lynn flew out to California from Louisiana to spend some time at the "Gimme More" singer's Malibu home.

The family had been on the outs since June, when Spears reportedly took offense at Lynne's public displays of concern for the 25-year-old's worrisome ways and moved to limit her mom's interactions with sons Sean Preston and Jayden James. TMZ reported at the time that Spears presented Lynn with a letter from an out-of-state lawyer that asked her to stay away from the kids if she was on any medications that might impair her judgment.

Two days after letting her mother back into the inner circle, Spears had her first monitored visit with her children after losing custody to Kevin Federline the week before.

The warring exes were in court Friday afternoon for a custody hearing during which a court-ordered parent counselor was expected to present a report detailing what she's observed during the time she's spent with Spears while the singer is in mom mode.

About an hour into the proceedings, Spears told reporters during a break that "everything's great."

Via eonline