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WILD GAME - ADRIENNE BRODEUR KARTONIERT (TB)

A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic  complicated mother  and the chilling
consequences of her complicity Every time I fail to become more like my mother  I become more
like me.On a hot August night on Cape Cod  when Adrienne was 14  her mother Malabar woke her at
midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to
come: Ben Souther just kissed me. Adrienne instantly became her mother's confidante and
helpmate  blossoming in the sudden light of her attention  from then on  Malabar came to rely
on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband's closest
friend. The affair would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved  impacting
Adrienne's life in profound ways  driving her into a doomed marriage of her own  and then into
a deep depression. Only years later will she find the strength to embrace her life -- and her
mother -- on her own terms. This is a book about how the people close to us can break our
hearts simply because they have access to them. It's about the lies we tell in order to justify
the choices we make. It's about mothers and daughters and the nature of family. And ultimately
it's a story of resilience  a reminder that we need not be the parents our parents were to us 
that moving forward is possible. 'Not since The Glass Castle has a memoir conveyed such a
complex family bond  in which love  devotion  and corrosive secrets are inextricably linked' J.
Courtney Sullivan

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