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I Am My Mother's Daughter: Making Peace With Mom—before It's Too Late
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I Am My Mother's Daughter: Making Peace With Mom—before It's Too Lateby Iris Krasnow
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful: If you have a mother, YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK! , April 9, 2006 Reviewer:Pollyanna C. Haas (Evansville, IN USA) - I admit to being a huge fan of the author, Iris Krasnow. Her writing speaks to the heart of all of us. You will be challenged to love and appreciate what you have and what you had. For better or for worse, YOUR mother is the only one you have. Make it count. No regrets. You will grow as a person and daughter. You will be inspired to become a better mother yourself. Read it now - before it's too late! Iris, this my be your best work to date! Thank you for blessing daughters everywhere!
From Publishers Weekly
At 50, American University communications professor Krasnow (Surrendering to Marriage) reconciled with her difficult mother, a Holocaust survivor and former saleswoman. Here she gathers insights from other adult women with diverse backgrounds and experiences but similar life wisdom: "Ditching old baggage and learning to love our mothers must come before we learn to love, and know, ourselves." A private investigator becomes caretaker to her highly competent mother, a former nurse, and discovers that the Superwoman is merely human; a Trinidadian immigrant and victim of spousal abuse accepts her lawyer daughter's lesbianism and gains her respect. A therapist and survivor of eating disorders shares a marital problem with her "historically non-empathetic" mother and is gratified by her response; a social services professional pushing 70 learns to cope with the 96-year-old family matriarch who still treats her like a child. celebrities get to vent, too: singer Chynna Phillips reconnects with her neglectful rock star mother, Michelle, of the Mamas and the Papas, as they bond over Chynna's children and a passion for music. Although it doesn't pack the punch that Nancy Friday's revolutionary My Mother/My Self did in its day, Krasnow's worthy effort will resonate with introspective baby boomers.(May)
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Book Description
Inspiration and advice for adult daughters on making peace with Mom while there's still time--from the best-selling author of Surrendering to Marriage
Iris Krasnow--mother, daughter, and best-selling Journalist--tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of many grown women: the mother-daughter bond. With women's life expectancy inching up past eighty, you may be embroiled with your mother well past the time your own hair turns white. The good news: Living longer means more time to make peace--and this book shows you how.
Drawing on her own experience with her colorful eighty-four-year-old mother and the collective wisdom of more than one hundred other adult daughters, Krasnow offers a fresh perspective on how to overcome the anger, guilt, and resentment that can destroy a family. The time to repair the bond is now, she reminds us: You can't kiss and make up at her funeral. The key is to let go of the fantasy mom and embrace the flesh-and-blood woman, with all her flaws.
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