The Autobiography of My Mother
1976
First Published
3.88
Average Rating
276
Number of Pages
Gerda Stein is a brilliant, successful civil liberties lawyer in New York, a champion of the oppressed, an exacting, rational woman who never repeats her mistakes. But she can't erase her prodigal daughter, Renata, who has returned after an eight year abscence, unwed, with a child in tow, hoping to make peace.Renata is aimless, sensual, irrational, yet she too has principles, as fleshy and real as her mother's are physical and abstract. As a mother and daughter warily circle each other, looking for what neither can give, the child stands between them, a second chance - and for each, the ultimate revenge.
Avg Rating
3.88
Number of Ratings
17
5 STARS
41%
4 STARS
24%
3 STARS
24%
2 STARS
6%
1 STARS
6%
goodreads
Author
Rosellen Brown
Author · 10 books
Rosellen Brown (born May 12, 1939) is an American author, and has been an instructor of English and creative writing at several universities, including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Houston. She has won several grants and awards for her work. The 1996 film Before and After was adapted from her novel of the same name. (from Wikipedia)
