How to Lose Your Mother
26 June 2025Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'A gripping memoir about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, loss and healing . . . exquisitely relatable' - Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
'I was just bowled over by this book' - Nigella Lawson
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Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of Erica Jong, author of the sensational feminist autobiographical novel Fear of Flying. An exploration of...
Details
26 June 2025256 pages
9781035029365Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A gripping memoir about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, loss and healing, and what it means to finally accept your past and become an adult. Despite being raised in the shadow of fame, Molly's story is both uniquely specific and utterly, exquisitely relatable.Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Mesmerizing, intimate, wise, unputdownable, crazily honest, heartbreaking, funny, illuminating – Beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life.Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird
Conveys the mess, terror, loneliness and glory of familial love, in all its riveting complexity.Claire Messud, author of This Strange Eventful History
