How I Wrote about My Mother within the Context of Her Own Skin

I'm thinking at the moment about Christina Crawford's unforgiving memoir, Mommy Dearest, in which with just 216 pages the author transformed actress Joan Crawford's image from that of iconic Hollywood legend to maniacal abusive mother of the year. I'm also considering the urban lit classic Mama Black Widow, where masterful storyteller Iceberg Slim (a.k.a. Robert Beck) paints a chilling portrait ...

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