My Mother, the Psychopath - Pre-reading Discussion

[John]

This area is for any discussion about the April 2024 Biography/Memoir book selection, My Mother, the Psychopath: Growing Up In The Shadow Of A Monster, before we begin reading it.

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The true story of a psychopathic mother by the daughter who survived the terror. What do you do when the person you're meant to trust the most in the world is the one trying to destroy you?

When people met her they thought how lovely she was, this attractive woman with a beautiful laugh. But she was one person in public and another behind closed doors. Who would she be today? The loving mother? The trusted teacher? The monster destroying my life?'

Olivia has been afraid ever since she can remember. Out of sight, she was subjected to cruelty and humiliation at the hands of her mother, Josephine. Olivia grew up feeling scared, worthless and exploited. Even when she found the courage to cut ties, her mother found new ways to manipulate and deceive, attempting to destroy her life with a vicious campaign of abuse.

Now Olivia has come to terms with her past and gives a fascinating, harrowing and deeply unsettling insight into what it's like growing up with a psychopathic parent.

[John]

I ordered it. Arrives tomorrow!

[John]

And so we begin.....