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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 Raw, moving and seriously funny, How to Lose Your Mother is Molly Jong-Fast's 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.

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A gripping memoir about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, loss and healing, and what it means to finally accept your past and become an adult. Despite being raised in the shadow of fame, Molly's story is both uniquely specific and utterly, exquisitely relatable. -- Lori Gottlieb, author of <i>Maybe You Should Talk to Someone</i> By turns hilarious and heartbreaking. -- <i>Oprah Daily</i>, The most anticipated books of 2025 Mesmerizing, intimate, wise, unputdownable, crazily honest, heartbreaking, funny, illuminating – Beautiful and painful at the same time, just like real life. -- Anne Lamott, author of <i>Bird by Bird</i> A riveting reckoning on the challenging ties many have to their parents . . . Both heartbreaking and humorous. * New York Observer * Conveys the mess, terror, loneliness and glory of familial love, in all its riveting complexity. -- Claire Messud, author of <i>This Strange Eventful History </i> Staggering self portrait . . . Stunning. * Publishers Weekly * The best book Jong-Fast could have written about the worst year of her life. * Kirkus *

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Molly Jong-Fast is the author of three books, a special correspondent for Vanity Fair, a political analyst for MSNBC News and host of the Fast Politics podcast. She lives in Manhattan. How to Lose Your Mother is her fifth book.

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