Molly Jong-Fast — How to Lose Your Mother: A Daughter's Memoir - with Maureen Dowd

Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book Fear of Flying launched her into second-wave feminist stardom. She grew up yearning for a connection with her dreamy, glamorous, just out of reach mother, who always seemed to be heading somewhere that wasn't with Molly. When, in 2023, Erica was diagnosed with dementia just as Molly's husband discovered he had a rare cancer, Jong-Fast was catapulted into a transformative year.How to Lose Your Mother is a compulsively readable memoir about an intense mother-daughter relationship, a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and the upheavals that challenge our hard-won adulthood. A pitch-perfect balance of acceptance and rage, humor and heart, How to Lose Your Mother tells a universal story of loss alongside a singular story of a literary life. This is a memoir that will stand alongside the classics of the genre.PURCHASE BOOK HERE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9780593656471?ic_referral=FwogMMcGlG77egMX3qZdFNafvX64KA5PCZVUkv9FptMwM8Zst_K886KQcdgPaIgOYmP3iaw_NcYnDrDKADDN2Bb9oZnCMb1OCteg7__0-qwuvjzN-C99BXOcMTwv4vuF_C7s1OMMolly Jong-Fast is a contributing writer at Vanity Fair, a political analyst at MSNBC News, and host of the podcast "Fast Politics." She is the author of three previous books. She lives in Manhattan.Jong-Fast is in conversation with Maureen Dowd. Dowd is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times and author of Notorious. She is known for her sharp and incisive commentary on politics and culture. She is the author of three additional bestselling books: Bushworld, Are Men Necessary?, and The Year of Voting Dangerously. She lives in Washington, DC.*recorded 6/5/2025