| For nearly half a century Joan Crawfordwas the essence of glamorous Hollywood.Having a family of her own, if only for pub-licity purposes, became for Joan one im-portant measure of success. Unmarried atthe time, and living in a twenty-two-roomhouse, she first adopted Christina, then ason, and eventually two more daughters. Christina was presented to the world asthe perfect child of the famous film star, butshe could not remain a baby forever, andwhen the reporters and fans departed, Chris-tina grew up with the reality of child abuseand of alcoholism, and sometimes a night-mare of sheer terror. Mommie Dearest is the story of the re-lationship between a child trying to stayalive and a ruthless, cunning, lonelywoman who knew every trick of survival.Christina loved Joan and searched for hermother s love in return throughout theyears they shared. It is a book for all those people who havelived with a terrible secret and have had tohide the truth because they were afraid orbecause no one would believe them. It is foreveryone who knows what it is like to growup with a parent determined to thwartevery effort to achieve independence. InMomrnie Dearest, Christina offers hope thatit is possible to live through a terrifying per-sonal struggle and create a productive lifenut of chaos. |
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