PUBLISHER\'S WEEKLY: Finlay delivers a poignant ode to her late mother in this aptly titled memoir...a funny, moving testament to a thorny mother-daughter bond.
Anita\'s journey as her mother ages-and she contemplates their long relationship-is a wonderful, hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking read..
Anita\'s mom was a character! Tough and funny, difficult but loving.
She captures the humor, the chaos and the conflict of a Mother/Daughter relationship.
Review from Soledad O\'Brien: Loved Anita Finlay\'s book, Y OU Ruined MY Life AND YOU Stole MY BRA.
YOU Ruined MY Life AND YOU Stole MY BRA is a candid, insightful, entertaining touchstone not only for dealing with-and honoring-an elderly parent, but for digging deep to find forgiveness, empowerment and closure.
Careening down the bumpy road of elder care while revisiting pivotal Life events, Anita unearthed the reasons for their many battles, determined to lay to rest the demons that had haunted her most of her adult life.
But with the clock ticking ever faster, she ached to make peace with her beloved mom before losing her.
Finally cobbling together a joyful life, Anita feared that becoming her mother\'s mother would ruin the paradise she\'d struggled to build.
She spent as much time defending her hard-working mother to a brilliant but abusive father as she did defending herself from her mom\'s criticism.
Despite her best efforts to sidestep landmines in a turbulent household, Anita grew up fighting.
YOU Ruined MY Life AND YOU Stole MY BRA is the moving yet often hilarious memoir of a woman who found a most unlikely way to heal her relationship with her mercurial mother.
An INDIEREADER pick of the month : Finlay lays bare the intricate web of expectations, insecurities, and assumptions that lie at the heart of so many parent-child relationships; and she tells them in a narrative that is by turns funny, engrossing, and touching.
PUBLISHER\'S WEEKLY: Finlay delivers a poignant ode to her late mother in this aptly titled memoir...a funny, moving testament to a thorny mother-daughter bond
