Mean Mothers

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 the highly acclaimed Girl in the Mirror, has subtitled this important, eye-opening exploration of the darker side of maternal behavior, "Overcoming the Legacy of Hurt." There are no psychopathic child abusers in Mean Mothers . 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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Peg Streep, Streep Peg
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2009
• EAN: 9780061651366
• ISBN: 978-0-06-165136-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 236 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Motherhood, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Fatherhood, PSYCHOLOGY: Mental Health, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Dysfunctional Families, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Abuse / Child Abuse, SELF-HELP: Abuse, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Siblings, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Co-Parenting