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Title: Saturday's Child
Condition: New
EAN: 9781631525476
ISBN: 9781631525476
Publisher: She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 23/05/2019
Item Height: 215mm
Item Length: 139mm
Author: Deborah Burns
Language: English
Subtitle: A Daughter's Memoir
Description: “Devilishly sharp… a masterful balance of psychological excavation and sumptuous description.”
—Kirkus Reviews

An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothy—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 past—a mistress of illusion whose love seemed just out of her daughter’s grasp.

In vivid, lyrical prose, Saturday’s Child tells the story of Deborah’s eccentric upbringing and her quest in midlife, long after her parents’ 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 mother’s legacy—and finally claim her own.
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Personal Development, Parenting, Biography
Release Year: 2019

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