A poignant memoir of loss and reestablishment
Among Kate Millett's other books are Flying Sita, The Basement, and The Loony Bin Trip. Millett is a founder of the Women's Art Colony in Poughkeepsie, New York. She also lives in New York City.
A confession of a daughter. An extraordinarily rich and sensitive
narrative, like a good wine.
*Yoko Ono*
As young activists search for ways to define their own movements,
Kate Millett contributes a novel idea: Think outside yourself and
fight for your mother's, or father's-or grandmother's or
grandfather's-rights. Eventually, they will be your own.
*The Nation*
This work, a meditation on both the perils of mother-daughter love
and old age, is perhaps her warmest and most universal to date.
*Independent*
One of the Best Books of 2001: Written in compelling prose, this
poignant memoir of her mother's final years and the writer's
struggle to face losing the most influential person in her life
reestablishes Millet as a major American literary voice ... An
essential purchase.
*Library Journal*
Mother Millett captures the strength of the bond that overcomes
conflicts that inevitably arise between two fiercely independent
women, particularly when they are mother and daughter.
*Bloomsbury Review*
You'll argue with Kate Millett as you read along, but only because
she's succeeded in making you think.
*Gay and Lesbian Review*
No, it doesn't make for a soothing bedtime read. But imagine the
person who could write serenely and soothingly about such an
experience-what sort of person would that be? Of course, one could
choose not to write the book at all. But this is stuff we need to
know.
*Women's Review of Books*
Millett's book captures the experience of a parent's old age
remarkably well, with a strength and grace of which Mother Millet
could be proud.
*Washington Post Book World*
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