I Am My Mother's Daughter: Making Peace with Mom---Before It's Too Late - Hardcover

Krasnow, Iris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465037542 ISBN 13: 9780465037544

Publisher: Basic Civitas Books, 2006

Synopsis

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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Review:

"The overall message...is clear and heartening: If we as daughters can learn to understand our mothers before they die, then we as mothers can help our daughters understand us, while we are still living." Washington Post"

Synopsis:

This book gives inspiration and advice for daughters on making peace with Mum while there's still time. Iris Krasnow - mother, daughter and journalist - tackles the toughest relationship in the lives of many women: the mother-daughter bond. With women's life expectancy inching up past eighty, you may be embroiled with your mother well past the times 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 colourful eighty-four year old mother and the collective wisdom of more than a 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 the funeral. The key is to let go of the fantasy mum and embrace the flesh-and-blood woman, with all her flaws.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0465037542
• ISBN 13: 9780465037544
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 223