{"product_id":"9781460769638","title":"But No Really, What Should I Do About My Mother?","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn being a good daughter to a bad mother and other unsolvable problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the cult-hit book about female joy, \u003cem\u003eThis Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch, \u003c\/em\u003ecomes a punchy, powerful and deeply nuanced memoir about about mothers and daughters, obligation and guilt, hope and disappointment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome people have wonderful relationships with their mothers - this is a book for everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Tabitha's mother is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she resolves to use her final six months to repair their frequently painful, strangely hilarious - always bewildering - relationship. But is it too late? And should she even try? For the readers who nodded along to \u003cem\u003eI'm Glad My Mom Died\u003c\/em\u003e but then remembered their own mother was extremely alive, this is a story about what happens when you shoot for a happy ending while you've still got the chance, even though you know the odds are against you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the course of the book, the countdown to her mother's death-day becomes a grim deadline for Tabitha to make peace with their relationship. Determined not to be left with any regrets, she gets to work, changing her attitude and her behaviour, lowering her expectations and leaning in (even if that only makes it easier for her mother to push her buttons). The result is a nuanced, deeply personal story about mothers and daughters, obligation and guilt, hope and disappointment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is also, thank god, funny. It takes the life lessons of \u003cem\u003eAdult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents\u003c\/em\u003e, imagines they were written by David Sedaris, and tackles them with the mission-like approach of \u003cem\u003eMy Year of Living Vulnerably.\u003c\/em\u003e It offers solidarity to the daughters who keep trying, while validating the choices of those who've given up. Because, in real life, there aren't always clear heroes and villains, just mothers and daughters who are all-too human. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tabitha Carvan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67613389684885,"sku":"9781460769638","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460769638","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}