How to Lose Your Mother

The New York Times bestseller

'I was just bowled over by this book' – Nigella Lawson

'A gripping memoir about mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, loss and healing . . . exquisitely relatable' – Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

'Often rancorous, sometimes furious, never self-indulgent' - The Observer

How to Lose Your Mother is a delicious and despairing memoir about Molly Jong-Fast's intense relationship with her mother, the writer Erica Jong.

It's the story of a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and how that can really mess you up. But with her mother’s heartbreaking descent into dementia, and Molly’s realization that she is going to lose this remarkable woman, it is also a story of love, loss, confusion and deep grief.

Raw, moving and seriously funny, it takes us behind the scenes of a fascinating and sometimes tumultuous family dynamic, revels in the gossipy details of Erica’s famous friends and enemies, and leaves us with a better understanding of our own most precious relationships.