The New York Times bestseller.

Molly Jong-Fast presents an honest, moving, and hilariously fierce memoir about the loss of a mother you never really had—and a comfort for anyone who loves someone who drives them crazy.

"Calm down, this book shook me" – Nigella Lawson

"A gripping memorial for mothers and daughters, wives and spouses, loss and healing... highly relevant" – Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Molly Jong-Fast is the daughter of acclaimed author Erica Jong. How to Lose Your Mother is Molly’s wrenching memoir about the intense mother-daughter relationship, a sometimes turbulent childhood with a parent who sought fame, and how it can destroy you. But with her mother’s heartbreaking descent into senile 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 sorrow.

How to Lose Your Mother takes us behind the scenes of a fascinating and sometimes turbulent family dynamic, reveals the gossip details of Erica’s famous friends and foes, and leaves us with a better understanding of our most precious relationships.

"It conveys the mess, terror, loneliness, and glory of family love, in all its gripping complexity" – Claire Messud, author of This Strange Eventful History

Pages: 256, Publication Year: 0715, Dimensions: 14.5x14.5cm