{"product_id":"book-d3c5","title":"What My Mother and I Don't Talk About","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFifteen brilliant writers explore how what we \u003cem\u003edon't\u003c\/em\u003e talk about with our mothers affects us, for better or for worse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the bestselling tradition of \u003cem\u003eThe Bitch in the House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhat My Mother and I Don't Talk About\u003c\/em\u003e is an anthology about the powerful and sometimes painful things that we can't discuss with the person who is supposed to know us and love us the most.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 2000s, as an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took many years for her to realize what she was \u003cem\u003eactually \u003c\/em\u003etrying to write about: the fracture this caused in her relationship with her mother. When her essay, \"What My Mother and I Don't Talk About,\" was published by \u003cem\u003eLongreads\u003c\/em\u003e in October of 2017, it went on to become one of the most popular \u003cem\u003eLongreads\u003c\/em\u003e exclusives of the year, and was shared on social media by Anne Lamott, Rebecca Solnit, Lidia Yuknavitch, and many other writers, some of whom had their own individual codes of silence to be broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe outpouring of responses gave Filgate an idea, and the resulting anthology offers an intimate, therapeutic, and universally resonant look at our relationships with our mothers. As Filgate poignantly writes, \"Our mothers are our first homes, and that's why we're always trying to return to them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCathi Hanauer\u003cbr\u003eMelissa Febos\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Chee\u003cbr\u003eDylan Landis\u003cbr\u003eBernice L. McFadden\u003cbr\u003eJulianna Baggott\u003cbr\u003eLynn Steger Strong\u003cbr\u003eKiese Laymon\u003cbr\u003eCarmen Maria Machado\u003cbr\u003eAndré Aciman\u003cbr\u003eSari Botton\u003cbr\u003eNayomi Munaweera\u003cbr\u003eBrandon Taylor\u003cbr\u003eLeslie Jamison\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49347168239920,"sku":"BDd3c5","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49347168272688,"sku":"10d3c5","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/d3c5-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778014514","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-d3c5","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}