signed first edition Hard Cover
2004 · New York
by Harrison, Kathryn
New York: Random House, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5x0x8. Signed by author. First edition. Signed by author without inscription. An excellent copy. 2004 Hard Cover. 82 pp. "In this dark gem of a book by the author of The Kiss, a complex mother-daughter relationship precipitates a journey through depression to greater understanding, acceptance, freedom, and love. Spare and unflinching, The Mother Knot is Kathryn Harrisonâs courageous exploration of her painful feelings about her mother, and of her depression and recovery. Writer, wife, mother of three, Kathryn Harrison finds herself, at age forty-one, wrestling with a black, untamable force that seems to have the power to undermine her sanity and her safety, a darkness that is tied to her relationship with her own mother, dead for many years but no less a haunting presence. Shaken by a family emergency that reveals the fragility of her current happiness, Harrison falls prey to despair and anxiety she believed sheâd overcome long before. A relapse of anorexia becomes the tangible reminder of a youth spent trying to achieve the perfection she had hoped would win her motherâs love, and forces her to confront, understand, and ultimately cast outâin startling physical formâthe demons within herself. Powerful, insightful, unforgettable, by âa writer of extraordinary giftsâ (Tobias Wolff), Kathryn Harrisonâs The Mother Knot is a knockout. (Inventory #: 2271879)