I Killed Mom and Other Lies

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A high achiever</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Mandy has a loving husband a home mortgage and a lucrative career by her late twenties-everything expected of a good Midwestern girl. But when an abusive new boss triggers buried childhood shame</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> she becomes bedbound by depression</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Decades earlier her doting mother </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>dropped dead</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> as her crass father puts it. Her rebellious brother was her only comfort in their emotionally-suppressive blended-family home. Then he abandoned her too.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Frustrated that she's not yet over her losses Mandy tries everything she can think of to save her job her relationships and herself: penpalling online shopping psychotherapy running... </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Then tragedy strikes a second time.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Both heartbreaking and hilarious </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I Killed Mom and Other Lies</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is a candid memoir of Mandy's journey through grief old and new. It provides insights into early parent loss while </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>reminding us how to feel joy no matter what we lose along the way.</strong></p>