In 1973, Marabel Morgan wrote a marriage manual called The Total Woman, and shocked the publishing world when the book became a runaway best seller.
Eight-year-old Marabel was forced to take care of her and be the "mommy of the house." Those years of emotional abandonment overwhelmed her and she wondered if.
To punish Husband #2, her mother shut down, literally, and went to bed-for six years.
Now she tells the rest of her story, as the only child of a deeply troubled mother.
In 1973, Marabel Morgan wrote a marriage manual called The Total Woman, and shocked the publishing world when the book became a runaway best seller