My Mother/My Self: The Daughter's Search for Identity

My Mother/My Self: The Daughter's Search for Identity

When Nancy Friday began her research for My Mother/My Self in the early 1970â‚¬s no work existed that explored the unique interaction between mother and daughter. Today psychotherapists throughout the world acknowledge that if women are to be able to love without possessing, to find work that fulfills them, and to discover their full sexuality, they must first acknowledge their identity as separate from their motherâ‚¬s. Nancy Fridayâ‚¬s book played a major role in that acceptance. The greatest gift a good mother can give remains unquestioning love planted deep in the first year of life, so deep and anassailable that the tiny child grown to womanhood is never held back by the fear of losing that love, no matter what her own choice in love, sexuality, or work may be.

Through candid self-disclosure and hundreds of interviews, Friday investigates a generational legacy and reveals the conflicting feelings of anger, hate, and love the daughterâ‚¬s hold for their mothersâ‚¬â€œand why they so often â‚¬Å“becomeâ‚¬Â that mother themselves.
Country USA
Brand Delta
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780385320153
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1997-09-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780385320153

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Country	USA
Brand	Delta
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780385320153
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1997-09-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780385320153