S3, Ep 5: Estrangement dynamics in Mother in the Dark by Kayla Maiuri, with Tam
This week, my book club partner and Family Estrangement Substack author Tam and I are discussing the novel, Mother in the Dark by Kayla Maiuri. We read it for the Estrangement Book Club, and since it includes parental and sibling estrangement, I thought it would fit nicely with this season. The novel was published in 2022 and is narrated by a twenty-something living in New York City, who has been out of contact with her parents and younger sisters for several years. When she gets a call because something has happened back home, she recalls a troubled childhood and struggles with whether to…
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