Mothers & Daughters: Complicated Journeys – Nonfiction

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Told in reverse order, The End Is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother is a brave, compassionate celebration of the life and death of Jill Bialosky’s mother, Iris, and a window into the inextricable bond between mother and daughter. Starting with her burial and cognitive decline, Bialosky chronicles Iris’ often traumatic life, centering her mother as a resilient, multidimensional and fascinating woman. Molly Jong-Fast, daughter of bestselling writer Erica Jong, of Fear of Flying fame, grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just-out-of-reach mother. Balancing acceptance and rage, humor and heart, in How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir, Jong-Fast looks back at their intense relationship, her mother’s encroaching dementia, and her sometimes chaotic upbringing by a fame-hungry parent. Moderated by author Maris Kreizman, I Want to Burn This Place Down: Essays.
Buy The End Is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother – Bialosky
Buy How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir – Jong-Fast

Authors

JILL BIALOSKY is the author of five acclaimed collections of poetry, most recently Asylum: A personal, historical, natural inquiry in 103 lyric sections. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Atlantic, among others. She is the author of many novels, including The Deceptions: A Novel, and several works of nonfiction including The End Is the Beginning: A Personal History of My Mother (Washington Square Press), History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life, and Poetry Will Save Your Life: A Memoir. In 2015, Bialosky was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her distinguished contribution to the genre. She lives in New York. Find out more at www.jillbialosky.com.

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