A raw and affecting memoir about a mother and daughter who beat the odds together. Perdita Felicien's story is woven into her mother's like an intricate braid. To understand Perdita's story, you must know Catherine's.
This book takes us through her career, step by step, including the miseries of being accused by her son’s teachers — and her own mother — of being a bad mother, overly concerned with her own career.
Journalist H.J. Cummins grew up thinking her mother never liked her.
Ida wanted to call Jack, but she was too scared to leave Margo on her own, even for the short time it would take to get her phone from her bag in the kitchen. 'I am going to sell Rathmoney, move away with Elsa.' 'What, are you mad?
Facing literal and figurative hurdles, she learned to leap and pick herself back up when she stumbled. This book is a daughter's memoir—a book about the power of a parent's love to transform their child's life.