Saturday's Child: A Daughter's Memoir

Saturday's Child: A Daughter's Memoir

â€œDevilishly sharpâ€¦ a masterful balance of psychological excavation and sumptuous description.â€

â€•Kirkus Reviews

An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothyâ€•a red-haired beauty who looked like Rita Hayworth and skirted norms with a style and flair that made her the darling of men and women alike. Married to the son of a renowned Italian family with ties to the underworld, Dorothy fervently eschewed motherhood and domesticity, turning Deborah over to her spinster aunts to raise while she was the star of a vibrant social life. As a child, Deborah revered her charismatic mother, but Dorothy was a woman full of secrets with a troubled pastâ€•a mistress of illusion whose love seemed just out of her daughterâ€™s grasp.

In vivid, lyrical prose, Saturdayâ€™s Child tells the story of Deborahâ€™s eccentric upbringing and her quest in midlife, long after her parentsâ€™ death, to uncover the truth about her mother and their complex relationship. No longer under the spell of her maternal goddess, but still caught in a wrenching cycle of love and longing, Deborah must finally confront the reality of her motherâ€™s legacyâ€•and finally claim her own.
Country USA
Brand She Writes Press
Manufacturer She Writes Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781631525476
ReleaseDate 2019-04-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781631525476

Country	USA
Brand	She Writes Press
Manufacturer	She Writes Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781631525476
ReleaseDate	2019-04-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781631525476

Saturday's Child: A Daughter's Memoir

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