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The Bad Mother by Marguerite Andersen, Donald Winkler is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Bad Mother about?
The Trillium Award-winning autobiographical novel "La mauvaise mere" by Marguerite Andersen is now in English.Prolific author Marguerite Andersen traces the important moments of her life in this honest and harrowing examination of motherhood. She gives an unflinching account of her relationship with her three children and her years spent following her caprices and lovers, trying to regain the agency she lost when she became a mother.Born in Germany, Andersen was fifteen years old when World War II began. Just into her twenties, she became pregnant with her first son and moved to Tunisia with her French lover before the birth. They soon were married and it was not long before the relationship became abusive. Andersen fled, leaving her children behind. She confesses the large and small choices that she made – the times she stayed and the times she didn't – all the while asking herself, "What kind of mother am I?" The story is fuelled by emotion as Andersen revisits a period of her life that tortures her still today.
Who reads The Bad Mother?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Marguerite Andersen, Donald Winkler
- Publisher
- Second Story Feminist Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781772600018
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.84 / 5 (38 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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