Fierce Attachments: A Memoir by Vivian Gornick

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Published more than 30 years ago, this memoir should still speak to anyone interested in the conflict between daughters and their mothers.

It's not a self-help book. It's the story of one daughter and her mother and the conflicts that result. Some mothers and daughters get along fine, but many spend their lives slamming their heads against one another.

Gornick is a fine writer and makes the story come alive. She also offers no easy answers nor points a blaming finger. The story is vivid, alive.



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