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“I’m reading this book right now and loving it!”—Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild

How can a mother and daughter who love (but don’t always like) each other coexist without driving each other crazy? 

“Vibrating with emotion, this deeply honest account strikes a chord.”—People
“A wry and moving meditation on aging and the different kinds of love between women.”—O: The Oprah Magazine 

After surviving a traumatic childhood in nineteen-seventies New York and young adulthood living in the shadow of her flamboyant mother, Rita, a makeup-addicted former television singer, Elissa Altman has managed to build a very different life, settling in Connecticut with her wife of nearly twenty years. After much time, therapy, and wine, Elissa is at last in a healthy place, still orbiting around her mother bu

Motherland A Memoir of Love Loathing and Longing

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: 08/09/2020
      ISBN13: 9780399181603, 978-0399181603
      ISBN10: 0399181601
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “I’m reading this book right now and loving it!”—Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild

      How can a mother and daughter who love (but don’t always like) each other coexist without driving each other crazy? 

      “Vibrating with emotion, this deeply honest account strikes a chord.”—People
      “A wry and moving meditation on aging and the different kinds of love between women.”—O: The Oprah Magazine 

      After surviving a traumatic childhood in nineteen-seventies New York and young adulthood living in the shadow of her flamboyant mother, Rita, a makeup-addicted former television singer, Elissa Altman has managed to build a very different life, settling in Connecticut with her wife of nearly twenty years. After much time, therapy, and wine, Elissa is at last in a healthy place, still orbiting around her mother bu

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