How to Lose Your Mother by Molly Jong-Fast is an absorbing memoir about a very difficult time in her life dealing with elderly ageing parents and a husband with a serious illness as well as grappling with her past.

I read Fear of Flying many decades ago but knew very little about the author, Erica Jong. In this memoir, her daughter Molly writes honestly about her life growing up as an only child of Jong and about her mother’s dementia.
I was completely immersed in How to Lose Your Mother, some parts of it really resonated with me and I loved the style of writing, which flowed effortlessly and felt like Molly was talking directly to me. The author writes movingly and insightfully about the bond between mother and daughter, living with a parent’s alcoholism and what happens when our parents age. It’s an intense, reflective, funny and emotional read that I would recommend.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this digital ARC.