How to Lose Your Mother, by Molly Jong-FastRead about another book on the list.
When her famous feminist mother, Fear of Flying author Erica Jong, is diagnosed with dementia, Jong-Fast (a superstar podcaster and writer in her own right) must come to terms with both the reality of watching her parent disappear in fragments and the realization that her mother was never truly hers, to begin with. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, this is a story of a singular mother-daughter relationship that will resonate with anyone who grew up playing second fiddle to a parent’s passions.
--Marshal Zeringue