How to Lose Your Mother

How to Lose Your Mother is a candid and compelling memoir by Molly Jong-Fast, offering an honest portrayal of her complex relationship with her famous mother, Erica Jong, amid a tumultuous year marked by her mother’s dementia and her husband’s health crisis. Balancing humor, heartbreak, and insight, the book explores themes of family, identity, and loss through the lens of a deeply personal and transformative experience. Richly detailed and emotionally resonant, this memoir provides a universal glimpse into the struggles of navigating love, disappointment, and acceptance within the shadows of a turbulent family history.