Overview
As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize that she was actually trying to write about how this affected her relationship with her mother. When it was finally published, the essay went viral, shared on social media by Anne Lamott, Rebecca Solnit, and many others. This gave Filgate an idea, and the resulting anthology offers a candid look at our relationships with our mothers.
Leslie Jamison writes about trying to discover who her seemingly perfect mother was before ever becoming a mom. In Cathi Hanauerās hilarious piece, she finally gets a chance to have a conversation with her mother that isnāt interrupted by her domineering (but lovable) father. AndrĆ© Aciman writes about what it was like to have a deaf mother. Melissa Febos uses mythology as a lens to look at her close-knit relationship with her psychotherapist mother. And Julianna Baggott talks about having a mom who tells her everything.
As Filgate writes, āOur mothers are our first homes, and thatās why weāre always trying to return to them.ā Thereās relief in acknowledging how what we couldnāt say for so long is a way to heal our relationships with others and, perhaps most important, with ourselves.
Contributions by Cathi Hanauer, Melissa Febos, Alexander Chee, Dylan Landis, Bernice L. McFadden, Julianna Baggott, Lynn Steger Strong, Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado, AndrƩ Aciman, Sari Botton, Nayomi Munaweera, Brandon Taylor, and Leslie Jamison.
This book title, What My Mother and I Don't Talk About (Fifteen Writers Break the Silence) - 9781982107352, ISBN: 9781982107352, by Michele Filgate, published by Simon & Schuster (August 11, 2020) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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