You Ruined My Life and You Stole My Bra: a Mother/Daughter Love Story - Paperback

by Anita Finlay (Author)

"My mom has always been my hero but when I made the decision to handle her care, it felt like I was trying to paste fur onto a fly."

YOU RUINED MY LIFE AND YOU STOLE MY BRA is the moving, harrowing, yet often funny story of a woman who found a most unlikely way to heal her relationship with her mercurial mother.

Despite her best efforts to sidestep landmines in a turbulent household, Anita grew up fighting. She spent as much time defending her hard-working mother to a brilliant but abusive father as she did defending herself from her mom's criticism. Finally cobbling together a joyful life decades later, Anita feared becoming her mother's mother would ruin the paradise she'd struggled to build. But with the clock ticking ever faster, she ached to make peace with her beloved mom before losing her.

Careening down the bumpy road of elder care while revisiting pivotal life events, Anita unearthed the reasons for their many battles, determined to lay to rest the demons that had haunted her most of her adult life.

YOU RUINED MY LIFE AND YOU STOLE MY BRA is a candid, insightful, entertaining touchstone not only for dealing with-and honoring-an elderly parent, but for digging deep to find forgiveness, empowerment and closure.