she Was My Best Friend When Sober And I Was Her Worst Enemy When She Was Drunk.

with Stunning Honesty, my Mama's Waltz Brings To Light The Painful Legacy Of Daughters Of Alcoholic Mothers — In The First Book To Focus Solely On This Fractured Relationship. Eleanor Agnew And Sharon Robideaux Share Their Own Personal Accounts Along With The Memories And Experiences Of Hundreds Of Women, From All Ages And Backgrounds, In An Intimate And Powerful Narrative Journey. Their Recollections, Courageous And Unforgettable, Resoundingly Confirm That Women Who Deal With The Remnants Of A Childhood Cut Short By An Alcoholic Mother Are Not Alone. Powerful, Often Wrenching, But Ultimately Hopeful And Inspiring, my Mama's Waltz Offers The Support And Reassurance Adult Daughters Seek To Reconcile The Past And Heal The Heart.

academics Agnew (english, Georgia Southern) And Robideaux (writing, Univ. Of Missouri) Are Also Offspring Of Alcoholic Mothers. They Recount Stories Of Their Childhoods As Well As The Experiences Of Some 100 Women They Interviewed For Their Book. Their Point Of Departure Is The Persistent View That Alcoholism In Women Is More Shameful Than In Men Because It Suggests Weakness, Inferiority And Promiscuity. However Debatable That Contention, The Authors Argue Convincingly That A Drunken Mother Is More Hurtful To A Daughter Than To A Son, Whose Prescribed Social Role Is To Seek Independence, Whereas It's Traditionally Anticipated That A Daughter Will Bond With Her Mother And Use Her As A Role Model. Thus A Mother Who Abuses Her Daughter Physically Or Verbally Leaves Unhealed Wounds. The Authors Claim That Repercussions Of The Abuse Poison The Daughter's Relations With Both Men And Women, Although, They Report, Most Resolve That Their Children Will Be Spared The Suffering They Endured. Agnew And Robideaux Estimate That At Least Four Million Women In America Are Afflicted By This Legacy. These Women Should Draw Consolation From These Harrowing Accounts, If Only To Realize That Their Upbringing Was Not Unique. (apr.)

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