Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me Audiobook (Free)

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A daughter’s story of surviving in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mom, and the chilling outcomes of her complicity

Each time I neglect to are more like my mom, I are more like me.

On a hot August night time on Cape Cod, when Adrienne was 14, her mother Malabar woke her at nighttime with five simple terms that would collection the span of both of their lives for a long time to come: Ben Souther simply kissed me.

Adrienne instantly became her mother’s confidante and about Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover and Me personally helpmate, blossoming in the unexpected light of her attention; from then on, Malabar found depend on her daughter to greatly help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband’s closest friend. The affair could have calamitous consequences for everyone included, impacting Adrienne’s existence in profound ways, driving her right into a doomed marriage of her own, and then right into a deep depressive disorder. Only years later will she find the strength to embrace her lifestyle — and her mom — on her behalf own terms.

This is a book about how exactly the people near us can break our hearts simply because they get access to them. It’s about the is situated we tell to be able to justify the options we make. It’s about mothers and daughters and the nature of family. And eventually, it’s a tale of resilience, a reminder that people need not be the parents our parents were to us; that continue is possible.

‘Not since The Glass Castle has a memoir conveyed such a organic family bond, in which love, devotion, and corrosive secrets are inextricably linked’ J. Courtney Sullivan

© Adrienne Brodeur 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020