{"product_id":"motherland-a-memoir-of-love-loathing-and-longing-paperback","title":"Motherland: A Memoir of Love, Loathing, and Longing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElissa Altman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I'm reading this book right now and loving it \"--Cheryl Strayed, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWild\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow can a mother and daughter who love (but don't always like) each other coexist without driving each other crazy? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vibrating with emotion, this deeply honest account strikes a chord.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wry and moving meditation on aging and the different kinds of love between women.\"--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After surviving a traumatic childhood in nineteen-seventies New York and young adulthood living in the shadow of her flamboyant mother, Rita, a makeup-addicted former television singer, Elissa Altman has managed to build a very different life, settling in Connecticut with her wife of nearly twenty years. After much time, therapy, and wine, Elissa is at last in a healthy place, still orbiting around her mother but keeping far enough away to preserve the stable, independent world she has built as a writer and editor. Then Elissa is confronted with the unthinkable: Rita, whose days are spent as a fl neur, traversing Manhattan from the Clinique counters at Bergdorf to Bloomingdale's and back again, suffers an incapacitating fall, leaving her completely dependent upon her daughter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now Elissa is forced to finally confront their profound differences, Rita's yearning for beauty and glamour, her view of the world through her days in the spotlight, and the money that has mysteriously disappeared in the name of preserving youth. To sustain their fragile mother-daughter bond, Elissa must navigate the turbulent waters of their shared lives, the practical challenges of caregiving for someone who refuses to accept it, the tentacles of narcissism, and the mutual, frenetic obsession that has defined their relationship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eMotherland\u003c\/i\u003e is a story that touches every home and every life, mapping the ferocity of maternal love, moral obligation, the choices women make about motherhood, and the possibility of healing. Filled with tenderness, wry irreverence, and unforgettable characters, it is an exploration of what it means to escape from the shackles of the past only to have to face them all over again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMotherland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rarely has a mother-daughter relationship been excavated with such honesty. Elissa Altman is a beautiful, big-hearted writer who mines her most central subject: her gorgeous, tempestuous, difficult mother, and the terrain of their shared life. The result is a testament to the power of love and family.\"\u003cb\u003e--Dani Shapiro, author of \u003ci\u003eInheritance\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElissa Altman\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003ePoor Man's Feast: A Love Story of Comfort, Desire, and the Art of Simple Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e and the James Beard Award-winning blog of the same name and \u003ci\u003eTreyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, The New York Times, Tin House, The Rumpus, Dame Magazine, LitHub, Saveur, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e where her column, \"Feeding My Mother,\" ran for a year. Her work has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eBest Food Writing\u003c\/i\u003e six times. A finalist for the Frank McCourt Memoir Prize, Altman has taught the craft of memoir at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, The Loft Literary Center, 1440 Multiversity, and Ireland's Literature and Larder program, and has appeared live on stage at TEDx and The Public, on Heritage Radio, and widely on NPR. She lives in Connecticut with her family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44976261922918,"sku":"9780399181603","price":27.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NVFvSGswV3JjL0hzcUIwRkRKTDBtdz09.webp?v=1773111033","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/motherland-a-memoir-of-love-loathing-and-longing-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}