Molly Jong-Fast, HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER: A Daughter's Memoir
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Live from the Streicker Center! Zibby interviews political writer and podcaster Molly Jong-Fast about HOW TO LOSE YOUR MOTHER, a mesmerizing, intimate, wise, heartbreaking, instant New York Times bestselling 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. Together, they explore the complexities of caring for aging parents while raising children, the legacy of her mother Erica Jong’s fame, and finding humor—even joy—in life’s most difficult moments.
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