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How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir
by Molly Jong-Fast
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Rich and famous, living in New York, must be a great life, right? The grass is always greener on the other side.
Erica Jong became something of a feminist icon for writing thinly disguised stories about herself and her sex life, one of which, Fear of Flying, became a runaway bestseller. Yay for the "zipless f*ck" and talking more openly about sex! BUT, she was also a narcissist, an alcoholic, and not the most attentive of mothers to her only child, Molly.
We have big expectation in society for how children should honor and respect their parents, and some may feel aggrieved that Molly is washing the family dirty laundry in public, but it is also HER life, and she has the right to tell her own story. She also epitomizes the "Sandwich Generation," having to deal with her aging, alcoholic mother and stepfather, while raising her own kids, participating in her husband's cancer journey, and carving out a career for herself.
On thing Molly has in common with her mother, and her paternal grandfather, novelist Howard Fast, is the ability to tell an engaging story. Great read, especially for those with parents who were often absent or neglectful.
Erica Jong became something of a feminist icon for writing thinly disguised stories about herself and her sex life, one of which, Fear of Flying, became a runaway bestseller. Yay for the "zipless f*ck" and talking more openly about sex! BUT, she was also a narcissist, an alcoholic, and not the most attentive of mothers to her only child, Molly.
We have big expectation in society for how children should honor and respect their parents, and some may feel aggrieved that Molly is washing the family dirty laundry in public, but it is also HER life, and she has the right to tell her own story. She also epitomizes the "Sandwich Generation," having to deal with her aging, alcoholic mother and stepfather, while raising her own kids, participating in her husband's cancer journey, and carving out a career for herself.
On thing Molly has in common with her mother, and her paternal grandfather, novelist Howard Fast, is the ability to tell an engaging story. Great read, especially for those with parents who were often absent or neglectful.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma