Where you end and I begin : a memoir
McLaren, Leah2022
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When eight-year-old Leah's parents get divorced, her mother, Cessie, flees her conventional life as a suburban housewife in search of a glamorous big city career in journalism. In the chaotic years that follow Cessie lurches from one apartment, job and toxic romance to the next, with her adoring daughter in tow. Cessie describes her parenting style as 'benign neglect' and their family motto 'Commitment sucks the life right out of you' is tacked up on every rental fridge. In the aftermath of a disturbing sexual experience at a pool party, Leah finds herself crippled with anxiety. When she confides in her mother, Cessie makes an astonishing disclosure in turn, one that alters everything: from the age of twelve to fifteen she was in a clandestine relationship with her middle-aged, married riding instructor.
Main title:
Where you end and I begin : a memoir / Leah McLaren.
Author:
McLaren, Leah, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2022.
Collation:
256 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781529373691 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
818.609920 MCLB
Language:
English
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BRN:
2534759
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