Across the Kitchen Table

<b>For readers suffering from family estrangement or hoping to repair broken familial bonds this mother-daughter memoir written in a unique letter format touches on the timely theme of politically divided families. </b> <p/>Fans of Jennette McCurdy's <i>I'm Glad My Mom Died</i> will love this true story of a damaged primal bond between mother and daughter that after decades of estrangement was finally repaired. The conflict began when Carla as a preteen stepped in to defend her father against what she perceived as her mother's harsh treatment--a move that destroyed the warm love she and her mother had for each other and began an ice age between them. <p/>Forty years later determined that this mother and daughter not end as tragedy Carla uses every tool available to her--psychology diplomacy humanity wit patience--to try to repair their bond. Finally over her mother's kitchen table they melt the ice and find their way back to laughter and closeness. <p/>Too often today problem relationships are labeled toxic with the idea it is healing to offload a relationship no longer serving you. This loving grounded memoir shows that rebuilding a primal bond <i>is</i> doable--and will prompt readers to ask themselves <i>Could I do the same? What if I reached out today?</i>