A review by phienault
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate

4.0

What My Mother and I Don’t Talk, 

14 writers share the complexity of their feelings and relationships with their mothers. it seems mine is simultaneously all of it and none of it. for most of our lives, we see and experience our mothers through our lens, our views of what she said and done to us. then, the point begins with looking at our mothers as individuals in their own right, with stories of their own. many years are spent in that floundering between desiring approval and receiving/not receiving that approval; and running away to be free from that burden of desires and expectations. and whether we like it or not, for better, for worst, we are almost always coming back to this first relationship to understand the question ‘what am i all about?’ 

this book is complex, one that touches your soul so profoundly. speaking honestly and directly is an art; for everyone, especially when it comes to intimate and important topics that define our lives.