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Mean mothers : overcoming the legacy of hurt / Peg Streep ; foreword by Rachel Harris.

by Streep, Peg.

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William Morrow, c2009.

Mothers and daughters.

Love, Maternal.

Dysfunctional families -- Psychological aspects.

9780061651366 (hc.)

xi, 235 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-226) and index.

The myth of mother love -- My mother and her mother before her : patterns old and new -- In the house of the father : heroes and coconspirators -- Siblings and other rivalries -- Stilling the voice of the mother within : the battle for self-worth -- Turning the wheel : mothering the next generation.

Drawn from research and the real-life experiences of adult daughters, Mean Mothers illuminates one of the last cultural taboos: what happens when a woman does not or cannot love her own daughter. Peg Streep, co-author of Girl in the Mirror presents this important, eye-opening exploration of the darker side of maternal behavior. There are no psychopathic child abusers here. Instead, this book focuses on the more subtle forms of psychological damage inflicted by mothers on their unappreciated daughters - and offers help and support to those women who were forced to suffer a parent's cruelty and neglect.

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