Mother Millett - Softcover

"Writing in compelling prose, this poignant memoir of her other's final years and the writer's struggle to face losing the most influential person in her life reestablishes Millett as a major literary voice ... an essential purchase." Library Journal (Voted one of the best books of 2001) "Millett's book captures the experience of a parent's old age remarkably well, with a strength and grace of which Mother Millett could be proud." Washington Post Book World ""As young activists search for ways to define their own movements, Kate Millett contribues a novel idea: Think outside yourself and fight for your mother's, or father's - or grandmother's and grandfather's - rights. Eventually, they will be your own."" - The Nation "No, it doesn't make for a soothing bedtime read. But imagine the person who could write serenely and soothingly about such an experience - what sort of person would that be? Of course, one could choose not to write the book at all. But this is stuff we need to know." Women's Review of Books "Mother Millett captures the strength of the bond that overcomes conflicts that inevitably arise between two fiercely independent women, particularly when they are mother and daughter." Bloomsbury Review "You'll argue with Kate Millett as you read along, but only because she's succeeded in making you think." Gay and Lesbian Review

Kate Millett's hauntingly beautiful memoir begins with a telephone call from Minnesota where her mother is dying. Her return home to an intelligent, controlling matriarch is the catalyst for a meditation on her upbringing in middle America and her subsequent outcast status as a political activist, artist, and lesbian.