The Book of MotherAn indelible portrait of a brilliant, beautiful, mad and maddening woman, expressing the joy of holding her mercurial attention and also the terrible cost of that intimacy No one who reads this captivating book will ever forget Maman Andrew Solomon A prize winning tour de force when it came out in France, this brilliant translation of Violaine Huisman's witty, immersive autofiction showcases a Parisian childhood with a charismatic, depressed parent