Mean Mothers, 9780061651366
Hardcover
Unloved daughters: Exploring the subtle cruelty that wounds for life.

Mean Mothers

overcoming the legacy of hurt

$57.35

  • Hardcover

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    30 November 2009

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Summary

Mean Mothers: When a Mother’s Love Withers

You won’t find horror stories of outrageous abuse in Mean Mothers. But that’s one of Peg Steep’s clearest messages: that while the most sensational stories get the most attention in the media, little is said about those mothers who, despite their picket fences, relative affluence, and middle-class standing in society, are unable or unwilling to love the daughters they have given birth to. Mean Mothers demonstrates what hap…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780061651366
ISBN-10:0061651362
Author:Peg Streep
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint:Collins Living
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:30 November 2009
Weight:408g
Dimensions:238mm x 158mm x 23mm
About The Author

Peg Streep

Peg Streep is both the daughter of a mean mother and the devoted mother of an adult daughter. She is the author or coauthor of nine books, including Girl in the Mirror: Mothers and Daughters in the Years of Adolescence and the bestselling Necessary Journeys: Letting Ourselves Learn from Life, both with Dr. Nancy L. Snyderman. Streep holds degrees in English from the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. A native New Yorker, she is married and lives in Burlington, Vermont.

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