ISBN: 9780767917889

The daughter of esteemed writer Paula Fox and the mother of Courtney Love relates “the curse of the first-born daughter” that has haunted four generations of her familyAs an a… Mehr…

The daughter of esteemed writer Paula Fox and the mother of Courtney Love relates “the curse of the first-born daughter” that has haunted four generations of her familyAs an adopted child, Linda Carroll created a magical world of her own, made up of dramatic adventures and the abiding fantasy that her real mother would come and take her away. When she finds herself pregnant at the age of eighteen, she is determined to have the perfect understanding with her child that she lacked with her adoptive mother. But readers will know better, for that baby grows up to be Courtney Love, desperately attention-seeking, deeply troubled, and one of the most talented women in rock.Even as a baby, Courtney is beset by mood swings that no doctor can explain or cure. Her dark moods and paranoia escalate as she grows up, driving mother and daughter apart. When Courtney has a daughter of her own, Linda finally decides to find her own biological mother, and end the estrangement of generations of first-born daughters. Her Mother’s Daughter is Linda Carroll’s story of self-discovery as an adopted daughter, a childlike hippie mother, and a woman determined to find herself before finding her roots. Set apart from the typical celebrity memoir by Carroll’s gifted storytelling, Her Mother’s Daughter gives a fresh perspective on the elusive yet enduring connections between mothers and daughters, and reveals the true history of the wildly confabulatory Courtney Love. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Biography>Memoir Other>Memoir Other, Crown Publishing Group Core >1<

ISBN: 9780767917889

The daughter of esteemed writer Paula Fox and the mother of Courtney Love relates "the curse of the first-born daughter" that has haunted four generations of her family As an adopted chi… Mehr…

The daughter of esteemed writer Paula Fox and the mother of Courtney Love relates "the curse of the first-born daughter" that has haunted four generations of her family As an adopted child, Linda Carroll created a magical world of her own, made up of dramatic adventures and the abiding fantasy that her real mother would come and take her away. When she finds herself pregnant at the age of eighteen, she is determined to have the perfect understanding with her child that she lacked with her adoptive mother. But readers will know better, for that baby grows up to be Courtney Love, desperately attention-seeking, deeply troubled, and one of the most talented women in rock. Even as a baby, Courtney is beset by mood swings that no doctor can explain or cure. Her dark moods and paranoia escalate as she grows up, driving mother and daughter apart. When Courtney has a daughter of her own, Linda finally decides to find her own biological mother, and end the estrangement of generations of first-born daughters. Her Mother's Daughter is Linda Carroll's story of self-discovery as an adopted daughter, a childlike hippie mother, and a woman determined to find herself before finding her roots. Set apart from the typical celebrity memoir by Carroll's gifted storytelling, Her Mother's Daughter gives a fresh perspective on the elusive yet enduring connections between mothers and daughters, and reveals the true history of the wildly confabulatory Courtney Love. Books, [PU: Broadway Books, Morgan Road Books]<

2007, ISBN: 9780767917889

Crown, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 328 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-01-09T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.76 kg, Verkaufsrang: 8118, Autoren, Kunst & Literatur, Biografien & Erinnerungen… Mehr…

Crown, Taschenbuch, Auflage: Reprint, 328 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-01-09T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 0.76 kg, Verkaufsrang: 8118, Autoren, Kunst & Literatur, Biografien & Erinnerungen, Kategorien, Bücher, Komponisten & Musiker, Frauen, Gemeinschaften & Kultur, Politisch, Herausragende Persönlichkeiten, Großbritannien, Politik nach Ländern, Politik & Geschichte, Depression, Psychische Krankheiten, Beschwerden & Krankheiten, Gesundheit & Medizin, Ratgeber, Crown, 2007<

ISBN: 9780767917889

Paperback, [PU: Crown Publishing Group (NY)], Given up for adoption at birth, the author is determined to have a perfect understanding with her own child that she never had with her adopt… Mehr…

Paperback, [PU: Crown Publishing Group (NY)], Given up for adoption at birth, the author is determined to have a perfect understanding with her own child that she never had with her adoptive mother. However, that baby grows up to be Courtney Love. When Courtney has a daughter of her own, the author decides to find her own biological mother and end the estrangement of mothers and daughters., Memoirs<