How to Lose Your Mother : A Daughter's Memoir

The New York Times Bestseller

An honest, heartbreaking and brutally funny memoir about losing a mother you never really had – and a comfort to anyone who knows that love can be complicated.

''I was just bowled over by this book'' – Nigella Lawson

‘Often rancorous, sometimes furious, never self-indulgent’ – Financial Times

''Brisk and funny and beautifully done'' – The Times

''Unsparing . . . but also a loving elegy'' – The New York Times

''By turns hilarious and heartbreaking'' – Oprah Daily

''Punchy . . . with moments of deep sadness leavened by a sardonic humour'' – The Guardian

''A gripping memoir . . . exquisitely relatable'' – Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

''Lines so good you won''t just want to underline them, you will want to cut them out to share'' – The Washington Post

Molly Jong-Fast is the daughter of acclaimed writer Erica Jong. Raw, moving and seriously funny, How to Lose Your Mother is her account of a sometimes chaotic upbringing and how that can really mess you up. But with her mother’s heartbreaking descent into dementia, and Molly’s realization that she is going to lose this remarkable woman, it is also a story of love, loss, confusion and deep grief.

Taking us behind the scenes of a fascinating and sometimes tumultuous family dynamic, it leaves us with a better understanding of our own most precious relationships.