Fierce attachments

Description:

Vivian Gornick's brave and deeply moving memoir is a tour de force, a book that dissects one of life's most complex, maddening and closely entwined alliances - the relationship between mother and daughter. Heralded as a landmark in American autobiography, *Fierce Attachments* probes the intimate, sometimes destructive family passions that can shape a woman's childhood - and change her life forever.

subjects: Jews,  Case studies,  Biography,  Mothers and daughters,  Daughters,  Bronx (new york, n.y.),  New york (n.y.), biography,  Women authors,  Fiction, general,  Women, biography,  Jews, biography,  Famille,  Femmes,  Biographies,  Juives,  Mères et filles,  Récits personnels,  Filles,  Études de cas

People: Vivian Gornick

Places: New York (State),  New York,  New York (N.Y.),  New York (État),  États-Unis