Bad Mothers

Top 10 Bad Mothers : The Third Witch, Daughter Detox: Recovering from An Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life, Empath: A Complete Guide for Developing Your Gift and Finding Your Sense of Self, Mommie Dearest, Understanding the Borderline Mother, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, Fierce Attachments: A Memoir, Portnoy's Complaint, The Prince of Tides, Medea

The Third Witch
AuthorRebecca Reisert
ISBN0743417720
Gilly - the half-savage heroine - is a young girl on the edge of womanhood, who lives in a Scottish forest with two older women, scraping a living from scavenging in the woods and robbing the dead on the battlefields of a terrible, endless war. She lives only for revenge against the man and woman who destroyed...
Daughter Detox: Recovering from An Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life
AuthorPeg Streep
ISBN0692973974
The concept of detoxing from your mean mother was really poignant. The realization that this is a process and it will not end if you go no-contact (NC) or when your mother dies.

The gentle and firm way that these themes were repeated was very helpful and yet there is so much hope here. So many women...
Empath: A Complete Guide for Developing Your Gift and Finding Your Sense of Self
AuthorJudy Dyer
https://amzn.to/2wdZswO

Have you ever felt the weight of the world on your shoulders?

Do you live through your every day feeling waves of others’ emotions crashing into you?

You may or may not have realized – but you carry the great blessing and power of being an Empath....
Mommie Dearest
AuthorChristina Crawford
ISBN0966336909
3 "poorly written but utterly fascinating" stars !!

The 2018 Jeez Louise Award

Barely 2 stars for the writing but 4 stars in a fascinating character study of Christina Crawford !!

Christina Crawford was a celebrity poster child for alleged abuse done to her and siblings by...
Understanding the Borderline Mother
AuthorChristine Ann Lawson
ISBN0765703319
The first love in our lives is our mother. Recognizing her face, her voice, the meaning of her moods, and her facial expressions is crucial to survival. Dr. Christine Ann Lawson vividly describes how mothers who suffer from borderline personality disorder produce children who may flounder in life...
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
AuthorJacob Grimm
For almost two centuries, the stories of magic and myth gathered by the Brothers Grimm have been part of the way children — and adults — learn about the vagaries of the real world.

Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (a.k.a. Little Red Riding Hood), and...
AuthorVivian Gornick
ISBN0374529965
In this deeply etched and haunting memoir, Vivian Gornick tells the story of her lifelong battle with her mother for independence. There have been numerous books about mother and daughter, but none has dealt with this closest of filial relations as directly or as ruthlessly. Gornick's groundbreaking...
Portnoy's Complaint
AuthorPhilip Roth
ISBN0099399016
The famous confession of Alexander Portnoy, who is thrust through life by his unappeasable sexuality, yet held back at the same time by the iron grip of his unforgettable childhood. Hilariously funny, boldly intimate, startlingly candid, Portnoy’s Complaint was an immediate bestseller upon...
The Prince of Tides
AuthorPat Conroy
ISBN0553381547
PAT CONROY has created a huge, brash thunderstorm of a novel, stinging with honesty and resounding with drama. Spanning forty years, this is the story of turbulent Tom Wingo, his gifted and troubled twin sister Savannah, and their struggle to triumph over the dark and tragic legacy of the extraordinary...
Medea
AuthorEuripides
ISBN0486275485
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medea centers on the myth of Jason, leader of the Argonauts, who has won the dragon-guarded treasure of the Golden Fleece with the help of the sorceress Medea. Having married Medea and fathered her two children, Jason abandons her for a more favorable...
The Manchurian Candidate
AuthorRichard Condon
ISBN0743482972
As compelling and disturbing as when it was first published in the midst of the Cold War, "The Manchurian Candidate" continues to enthrall readers with its electrifying action and shocking climax....Sgt. Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire...
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