Whose autobiography is entitled 'Memoirs Of An Unfit Mother'?
"for her only child, Emma, then aged two. Charles Wilson was granted sole custody, care and control of Emma, who subsequently lived with her father until she left home at 16 for boarding school. An admitted alcoholic, Robinson stopped drinking on 12 December 1978 after picking her daughter up from school and driving to a petrol station to buy a bottle of vodka. Robinson married journalist John Penrose in 1980. On 30 September 2007, the couple announced that they were planning to divorce, citing ""irreconcilable differences"". In 2001, she published her autobiography, ""Memoirs of an Unfit Mother"", in which she"
"A Mother's Reckoning A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy is a 2016 memoir by Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold. Along with Eric Harris, Dylan was one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. The book details the childhood and teenage years of her son, and what she says are signs she missed that Dylan was suffering from clinical depression. The book also examines her grieving process in dealing with the fallout of the massacre. Author Andrew Solomon wrote the book's introduction. Sue Klebold donated all of her profits from the book"
"Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography Daughter of Destiny: an Autobiography is a 1988 memoir by 11th Prime Ministers of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. The book was also released as Daughter of the East: An Autobiography from Hamish Hamilton in 1988. In the book Bhutto narrates her life from her birth, her childhood, days in Oxford University, execution of her father, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto by General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, days in captivity, her arrange marriage to Asif Ali Zardari, birth of her first child, Bilawal and struggle to restore democracy in her homeland Pakistan. The book got mixed reviews from critics. ""The New"
"Unbowed: A Memoir Unbowed: A Memoir is a 2006 autobiography written by 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group. Maathai discusses her life from childhood until she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She discusses her childhood, education in the United States and her return to Kenya, moving on to her life as an environmentalist and political activist, culminating with the victory of the opposition in the 2002 elections against the ruling KANU party and her election to parliament, followed shortly after by the Nobel Prize. Maathai stresses the"
"as Eric Harris. A Mother's Reckoning A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy is a 2016 memoir by Sue Klebold, the mother of Dylan Klebold. Along with Eric Harris, Dylan was one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. The book details the childhood and teenage years of her son, and what she says are signs she missed that Dylan was suffering from clinical depression. The book also examines her grieving process in dealing with the fallout of the massacre. Author Andrew Solomon wrote the book's introduction. Sue Klebold donated all of her profits"
"A Piece of Cake: A Memoir A Piece of Cake: A Memoir is an autobiography by Cupcake Brown. The book describes her descent into teenage prostitution and drug addiction. Although doubt has been cast as to the veracity of events described in memoir, Brown maintains that the events in the book are real. The story begins in January 1975 when the female protagonist gives a short account of why her mother named her Cupcake Brown. Brown's mother died in 1976, when Brown was age 11. Since her biological father only acquired custody because he wanted to receive social security cheques,"
"connection between environmental conservation and good governance. Unbowed: A Memoir Unbowed: A Memoir is a 2006 autobiography written by 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai. The book was published by the Knopf Publishing Group. Maathai discusses her life from childhood until she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. She discusses her childhood, education in the United States and her return to Kenya, moving on to her life as an environmentalist and political activist, culminating with the victory of the opposition in the 2002 elections against the ruling KANU party and her election to parliament, followed shortly after"
"Impossible Motherhood Impossible Motherhood (full title: Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict) is a memoir by Irene Vilar. It is the second memoir published by Vilar, the first being ""The Ladies’ Gallery"". ""Impossible Motherhood"" generated controversy on publication for the revelation that the author had 15 abortions in 17 years between the ages of 16 and 33. Vilar confesses to an ""abortion addiction"" and argues that the abortions were an act of rebellion against her controlling husband who did not want any children. In the memoir she described how between the ninth abortion and tenth pregnancy she ""needed another"
"it depicts Mahtob's version of her family's story, ""My Name is Mahtob"" has been considered a sequel to her mother's book, ""Not Without My Daughter"". Mahtob Mahmoody Mahtob Mahmoody (Persian: مهتاب محمودى born September 4, 1979) is an American author who wrote the autobiographical memoir ""My Name is Mahtob"", which depicts her perspective of her family's story when she and her mother, Betty Mahmoody, were held captive by her father, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, in his country of birth, Iran, for a period of 18 months during the mid-1980s. Her mother wrote her version of their story in her 1987 biography"
"wrote a variety of biographical portraits of various writers, but her most impactful nonfiction writing was her brief 1928 monograph, ""Pourquoi je ne suis pas féministe"" (""""Why I am not a Feminist""""). In this book she discloses an upbringing in which her mother Gabrielle (Feyaud) Eymery assertively devalued her father, remained cold and distant, and insulted young Marguerite at every opportunity. At the same time her father Joseph Eymery was abusive and liberated to pursue his own sexual pleasures outside of marriage, something Gabrielle made clear was not appropriate for a proper lady. She also relayed the story of her"
"famous household. In her first memoir, ""Under a Wing: A Memoir"" (Simon and Schuster; 1998), she tells of how her father’s reluctance to share too much about himself caused her disquiet. As a child she watched Jimmy Stewart re-create her father's historic flight, asking innocently, “Does he make it?” In ""No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh"" (Simon and Schuster; 2001) she records the last months of her mother, who had written the bestseller ""Gift from the Sea"" then lost her ability to speak due to a series of strokes. ""Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age"
"June and his three daughters endured his numerous eccentricities, superstitions, and hangups. The Memoirs of an Amnesiac The Memoirs of an Amnesiac is the autobiography of composer, radio, and television personality Oscar Levant. Published in 1965 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, it was Levant's second best-seller, following a quarter-century after his first book, ""A Smattering of Ignorance"". Levant intersperses his reminisces about Hollywood in its heyday with one-liners and pithy quotes by himself and others. When asked about writing a book on Victor Herbert by a publisher, for example, Levant remarked ""I wouldn't even ""read"" one!"" Dorothy Parker, when Levant"
"The Memoirs of an Amnesiac The Memoirs of an Amnesiac is the autobiography of composer, radio, and television personality Oscar Levant. Published in 1965 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, it was Levant's second best-seller, following a quarter-century after his first book, ""A Smattering of Ignorance"". Levant intersperses his reminisces about Hollywood in its heyday with one-liners and pithy quotes by himself and others. When asked about writing a book on Victor Herbert by a publisher, for example, Levant remarked ""I wouldn't even ""read"" one!"" Dorothy Parker, when Levant asked her if she ever took sleeping pills, supposedly answered, ""In a"
"of Medicine suggested that Vilar could have mental health problems. ""The Sydney Morning Herald"" reports that pro-choice groups have been largely silent in response to the publication. Impossible Motherhood Impossible Motherhood (full title: Impossible Motherhood: Testimony of an Abortion Addict) is a memoir by Irene Vilar. It is the second memoir published by Vilar, the first being ""The Ladies’ Gallery"". ""Impossible Motherhood"" generated controversy on publication for the revelation that the author had 15 abortions in 17 years between the ages of 16 and 33. Vilar confesses to an ""abortion addiction"" and argues that the abortions were an act of"
"writer who has never toed a party line, feminist or otherwise."" Her 1996 memoir ""Fruitful: A memoir of Modem Motherhood"" was nominated for the National Book Award. From 1997 to 2002, she served as a columnist for ""The New York Observer"". Her memoir ""Epilogue"" was published in 2008, and another memoir, ""Art and Madness"", in 2011. Her most recent book, ""Ballad of the Black and Blue Mind"", was published by Seven Stories Press in May 2015, and received starred reviews from ""Publishers Weekly"" and ""BookList"". Roiphe is the mother of Katie Roiphe and Emily Carter. Anne Roiphe Anne Roiphe (born"
"Hope Edelman Hope Edelman (born June 17, 1964) is an American non-fiction author, essayist, and writing instructor. Edelman is the author of five non-fiction books, including ""Motherless Daughters""; ""Motherless Mothers""; and the recent memoir ""The Possibility of Everything"". Her writing and teaching has garnered her acclaim as a writer, writing instructor, and expert on early mother loss. Edelman was born in New York City and spent most of her childhood in suburban Spring Valley, New York. The death of her mother to breast cancer in 1981 was a pivotal moment in her adolescence and became the subject of much of"
"Mahtob Mahmoody Mahtob Mahmoody (Persian: مهتاب محمودى born September 4, 1979) is an American author who wrote the autobiographical memoir ""My Name is Mahtob"", which depicts her perspective of her family's story when she and her mother, Betty Mahmoody, were held captive by her father, Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, in his country of birth, Iran, for a period of 18 months during the mid-1980s. Her mother wrote her version of their story in her 1987 biography ""Not Without My Daughter"", which was adapted into a 1991 feature film of the same name in which Mahtob was portrayed by Sheila Rosenthal and"
"Unwed Mother Unwed Mother is a novel by Gloria D. Miklowitz. First published in 1977, it was reprinted in 1985. The story deals with a fourteen-year-old girl's pregnancy and her relationship with her baby's father. Kathy Sellers is the daughter of lower middle-class parents, living in Los Angeles, California. Her mother Helen is on her fourth marriage to Mike, an unemployed man who uses his back as an excuse to avoid work, and living with them are Kathy's 16-year-old twin sisters, Mona and Dona. After a sexual encounter with her 18-year-old boyfriend Guy, Kathy learns she is pregnant. She is"
"sympathetic."" Mike Sweeney of ""New Statesman"" listed the book among five of the most controversial memoirs. My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem is a 2008 autobiography by Debbie Nelson, the mother of American rapper Marshall Mathers a.k.a. Eminem. The British author Annette Witheridge helped her with the book. It was reported in September 2008 that the book sold over 100,000 copies in the United Kingdom. It includes all of Nelson's life, and includes her troubles with Eminem growing up and dealing with fame. According to her, Eminem's side of the story is full of"
"editor’s pick in ""Entertainment Weekly"", as well as being one of their top ten books of the year. Sickened Sickened: The Memoir of a Münchausen by Proxy Childhood is a 2003 autobiographical account by Julie Gregory of the Münchausen syndrome by proxy child abuse inflicted on her by her mother. Gregory's mother frequently took her to various doctors, coaching her to act sicker than she was and exaggerating her symptoms, and demanding increasingly invasive procedures to diagnose the girl's imaginary illnesses. At home, her mother fed Gregory a diet based on foods a doctor had said Gregory shouldn't have, administered"
"Sickened Sickened: The Memoir of a Münchausen by Proxy Childhood is a 2003 autobiographical account by Julie Gregory of the Münchausen syndrome by proxy child abuse inflicted on her by her mother. Gregory's mother frequently took her to various doctors, coaching her to act sicker than she was and exaggerating her symptoms, and demanding increasingly invasive procedures to diagnose the girl's imaginary illnesses. At home, her mother fed Gregory a diet based on foods a doctor had said Gregory shouldn't have, administered prescription medicine erratically, sometimes in double doses, and filled her days with strenuous physical labor. According to Gregory,"
"Book of My Mother Book of My Mother () is a 1954 memoir by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. It focuses on the life of Cohen's mother. It was published in English in 1997. The book was reviewed in ""Publishers Weekly"" in 1998: ""In this intensely public forum, Cohen seems to be coming to grips with his mother's death through all the typical stages of mourning--numbness, denial, anger, guilt--with pen in hand. Although this process is not without its bouts of melodrama ('O Maman, my youth that is no more!'), other outbursts powerfully reflect a disgust with mortality and a"
"health and sanity. It will bring hope and understanding because it explains the way suicide blights families from generation to generation.” Linda Gray Sexton Linda Gray Sexton (born July 21, 1953) is an American writer. She was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the elder daughter of poet Anne Sexton and Alfred Muller ""Kayo"" Sexton. In 1994, she wrote her memoirs of growing up with her mother, titled ""Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton"". She has written several novels and edited posthumous editions of her mother's works. She wrote another memoir, titled ""Half in Love: Surviving"
"working title """"Whoops, There's a Dick in Me"""". Not Afraid of Life Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far is a memoir written by Bristol Palin and Nancy French. The book was released in June 2011. In ""Not Afraid of Life"", Bristol Palin discusses her personal life, including tensions with the McCain family, and losing her virginity. The book received mixed reviews. Palin was criticised for releasing a memoir at the age of 20. ""Not Afraid of Life"" had sold fewer than 10,000 copies as of September 2011. Soon after the book's release, comedian and television host Bill Maher"
"Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia is an autobiography written by Marya Hornbacher, detailing her fourteen-year battle with eating disorders. Published by Random House in 1998, ""Wasted"" was a critical and commercial success. The author's young age (she wrote the book at the age of 21) surprised many readers, and the memoir was praised for its maturity and candor. ""Wasted"" has sold in the United States over a million copies and has been translated into fourteen languages. In a review for ""The New York Times"", Caroline Knapp calls the book ""a gritty,"
"memoir of her controversial mother Jeanne, Lady Camoys. She is currently at work on the second part of her memoirs, ""Sherman's Daughter"". In the first book, she described her half-Spanish half-English mother, who was fathered by a Spanish aristocrat, and whose lover died in the Spanish Civil War fighting on Franco's side. Stonor alleged in the book that her mother was an ardent Nazi sympathizer, and had been the lover of several men including Joachim von Ribbentrop and her own father-in-law. More controversially, she argued that her mother Jeanne had murdered her husband Lord Camoys (who died in 1976) and"
"Faithfull: An Autobiography Faithfull: An Autobiography is an autobiography by English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull, written in collaboration with David Dalton. It was first published on 1 August 1994 by Little, Brown and Company and reissued as a paperback in July 1995. The book was also accompanied by the release of a compilation album ""Faithfull: A Collection of Her Best Recordings"" (1994). ""Faithfull: An Autobiography"" chronicles her childhood, career as a teenage pop star during the 1960s, relationship with Mick Jagger, heroin addiction in the 1970s, and her comeback to music industry with her album ""Broken English"" (1979)."
"International is never mentioned"". ""Publisher Weekly"" wrote a positive review by stating that ""the reader grows impatient to learn more about what she intends to do for Pakistan, but the book ends on the eve of her triumphant election in late 1988."" Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography Daughter of Destiny: an Autobiography is a 1988 memoir by 11th Prime Ministers of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto. The book was also released as Daughter of the East: An Autobiography from Hamish Hamilton in 1988. In the book Bhutto narrates her life from her birth, her childhood, days in Oxford University, execution of her"
"Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography is a fictional ""autobiography"" of ""A Series of Unfortunate Events"" author and character Lemony Snicket. It was published on May 1, 2002. Although it is labeled ""Unauthorized"" for humor, the book is in fact official. Beginning with a multi-layered introduction by Daniel Handler that encompasses twelve of the book's thirteen chapters, the book is largely made up of facsimile documents, such as old newspaper excerpts and letters, as well as excerpts from other books. The book also uses a mixture of black-and-white photography by Meredith Heuer and Julie Blattberg and"
"The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian is the 1951 autobiography of Nirad C. Chaudhuri, an Indian writer. Written when he was around 50, it records his life from his birth in 1897 in Kishorganj, a small town in present-day Bangladesh. The book relates his mental and intellectual development, his life and growth in Calcutta, his observations of vanishing landmarks, the connotation of this is dual—changing Indian situation and historical forces that was making exit of British from India an imminent affair. Nirad, a self-professed Anglophile, is in any situation an explosive proposition and in"
"baffled sense of abandonment. ... This is a heartbreaking little volume, worth reading twice."" Book of My Mother Book of My Mother () is a 1954 memoir by the Swiss writer Albert Cohen. It focuses on the life of Cohen's mother. It was published in English in 1997. The book was reviewed in ""Publishers Weekly"" in 1998: ""In this intensely public forum, Cohen seems to be coming to grips with his mother's death through all the typical stages of mourning--numbness, denial, anger, guilt--with pen in hand. Although this process is not without its bouts of melodrama ('O Maman, my youth"
"Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress In her 2005 New York Times Bestselling memoir, Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress: Tales of Growing up Groovy and Clueless, modern day feminist Susan Jane Gilman humorously and honestly recounts her life growing up in New York City during the 1970s. She divides the book into three sections, which are representative of the stages of her life up to her late 20s. Starting logically at her early childhood, she entitles Part 1 ""Grape Juice and Humiliation,"" before moving on to her adolescence in Part 2: ""Not Just Horny, But Obnoxious, Too."" The concluding"
"In his memoirs, Major wrote: ""Her descriptions of a Grantham childhood were harmless enough, but the book contained an epilogue, unrelated to the title or scope of the book itself, which could only be interpreted as an attack on my own policies. Such blows from my predecessor were impossible to disregard, since every interviewer raised them with me at every opportunity, as she must have known they would"". The Path to Power (Margaret Thatcher) The Path to Power is a memoir by former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher covering her life from her birth in 1925 until"