How to Lose Your Mother — Molly Jong-Fast’s brutally honest memoir
The only daughter of feminist pioneer Erica Jong addresses her own childhood trauma in a candid and complex reckoning with the past
The only daughter of feminist pioneer Erica Jong addresses her own childhood trauma in a candid and complex reckoning with the past

“Come si perde una madre. Memorie di una figlia”: così Molly Jong racconta la demenza (e la vita, senza sconti) della mamma - Il Fatto Quotidiano

My mother was a famous feminist writer known for her candour and wit. But she was also a fantasist who couldn’t be bothered to spend time raising me

In this frank, exposing memoir, Jong-Fast reflects on her dysfunctional upbringing as her family falls apart

Un memoir che commuove e fa riflettere sul rapporto tra una grande scrittrice e sua figlia. La storia di Erica Jong e Molly…

Best known for her Booker-winning novel ‘The God of Small Things’, the writer is now publishing an unflinching memoir of her life…

In this fictionalised account of her unloving and violent mother’s life, the author’s compassion is as voluminous as her hurt

What happens when the person you gave life to, wants to take yours

"An interview with the author of 'Strangers to Ourselves'—and now, 'You Won’t Get Free of It.'"