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At twenty, Alix Kates Shulman wrenched herself from her middle-class family and staked a claim to a fierce independence. In this unflinching but tender memoir, she explores what it means to do what is expected of a daughter - discovering in the process the unexpected, complicated joys of going home.
A Good Enough Daughter is the story of Schulman's difficult journey from dependency to alienation to reconciliation, as she returns home to care for her aging parents in the last years of their lives. The intersection of her own memory with family documents discovered in her parents' house provides the structure for this riveting exploration of her life as a daughter.
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American Authors, Aging parents, Family relationships, Biography, American Women authors, Large type books, New York Times reviewedPeople
Alix Kates ShulmanPlaces
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20th centuryShowing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
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Good Enough Daughter: A Memoir
2012, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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Good Enough Daughter: A Memoir
2012, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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1453238360 9781453238363
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Good Enough Daughter: A Memoir
2012, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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1453243674 9781453243671
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A Good Enough Daughter: A Memoir
March 2000, Thorndike Press
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0786224363 9780786224364
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A Good Enough Daughter: A memoir
February 29, 2000, Schocken
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0805211020 9780805211023
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A good enough daughter: a memoir
1999, Schocken Books, Distributed by Pantheon Books
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0805241612 9780805241617
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"Whenever my parents came to visit me in New York City, I never met them at the airport; even during the years my husband had a car, I let them take a bus or taxi."
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