Mommie Dearest
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Mommie Dearest is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Academy Award winning actress Joan Crawford. Officially released by William Morrow and Company on November
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My Mother's Keeper
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My Mother's Keeper is a 1985 memoir by B. D. Hyman, the daughter of actress Bette Davis, in which she alleges that Davis was a bullying, alcoholic mother.
Mommie Dearest
…was that detestable book written by her daughter. I've forgotten her name. Horrible." In 1985, Davis's daughter B. D. Hyman published a book titled My Mother's Keeper, which portrays Davis as an alcoholic, emotionally manipulative mother, similar to the way Crawford is portrayed in Mommie Dearest. Liz Smith, writing…
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