Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Molly Jong-Fast's new book, "How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir," explores the author's complex relationship with her ...

Molly Jong-Fast did not want to write "a book like this." What kind of book is that? One that tells "the story of what happens when the bottom falls out, when all the tests come back bad, when the ...

It’s just like we always say: A little Molly always makes for a good party. Caryn Zucker hosted a fearsomely fabulous bash for Molly Jong-Fast’s new memoir “How To Lose Your Mother” at her Central ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." “I wanted my story to be in the vein of Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking—the year of your life ...

The book cover of "How to Lose Your Mother" and author Molly Jong-Fast. (Courtesy of Penguin Random House and Marilyn Minter) The book explores Jong-Fast's troubled relationship with her mother, "Fear ...

Molly Jong-Fast was reticent to write How to Lose Your Mother, her memoir about her mom, Fear of Flying author Erica Jong. “What I didn’t want was to subject other people to my therapy,” Jong-Fast, 46 ...

"They f*** you up, your mum and dad," Philip Larkin once memorably wrote. "They may not mean to, but they do." Now surely the great British poet and novelist, who died three decades ago, did not set ...

This episode features political analyst Molly Jong-Fast who discusses her latest book, “How To Lose Your Mother: A Daughter’s Memoir.” The mother of which she writes is feminist icon Erica Jong, whose ...

Publishing this week: new fiction from Susan Choi, essays from Evan Osnos and memoir from Molly Jong-Fast. Plus, Melissa Febos reflects on her... "They f*** you up, your mum and dad," Philip Larkin ...