I Am My Mother's Daughter: Making Peace With Mom -- Before It's Too Late
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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I Am My Mother's Daughter: Making Peace With Mom -- Before It's Too Late
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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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780465037551 |
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Publisher: | Basic Books |
Publication date: | 04/10/2007 |
Pages: | 240 |
Sales rank: | 926,717 |
Product dimensions: | 5.38(w) x 8.00(h) x (d) |
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