{"product_id":"mean-mothers-overcoming-the-legacy-of-hurt-hardcover","title":"Mean Mothers: Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeg Streep\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from research and the real-life experiences of adult daughters, \u003cem\u003eMean Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e 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 the highly acclaimed \u003cem\u003eGirl in the Mirror, \u003c\/em\u003ehas subtitled this important, eye-opening exploration of the darker side of maternal behavior, \"Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt.\" There are no psychopathic\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003echild abusers in \u003cem\u003eMean Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e. Instead, this essential volume 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn exploration of the darker side of maternal behavior drawn from scientific research, psychology, and the real-life experiences of adult daughters, \u003cem\u003eMean Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on one of the last cultural taboos: what happens when a woman doesn't or can't love her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMean Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the multigenerational thread that often runs through these stories--many unloving mothers are the daughters of unloving or hypercritical women--and explores what happens to a daughter's sense of self and to her relationships when her mother is emotionally absent or even cruel. But \u003cem\u003eMean Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e is also a narrative of hope, recounting how daughters can get past the legacy of hurt to become whole within and to become loving mothers to the next generation of daughters. The personal stories of unloved daughters and sons and those of the author herself, are both unflinching and moving, and bring this most difficult of subjects to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMean Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e isn't just a book for daughters who've had difficult or impossible relationships with their mothers. By exposing the myths of motherhood that prevent us from talking about the women for whom mothering a daughter is fraught with ambivalence, tension, or even jealousy, \u003cem\u003eMean Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e also casts a different light on the extraordinary influence mothers have over their female children as well as the psychological complexity and emotional depth of the mother-daughter relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.32 x 6.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753445949728,"sku":"9780061651366","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/875767548fd8e062fce07b51b35faefe.webp?v=1780020632","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mean-mothers-overcoming-the-legacy-of-hurt-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}