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In her new memoir, journalist and cable news fixture Molly Jong-Fast wrestles with the legacy of her ailing alcoholic mom, feminist icon Erica Jong. [1][5] She is the granddaughter of writer Howard Fast. The book was controversial because of Molly Jong-Fast has a new memoir, “How to Lose Your Mother,” about life with her famous mother, Erica Jong, and her mother’s decline. In a moving excerpt from How to Lose Your Mother, Jong-Fast writes about being raised by larger-than-life feminist icon Erica Jong, and BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay chats with author Molly Jong-Fast about her memoir, How to Lose Your Mother, which tackles the life, legacy, and decline of her mother, Erica Jong. [1] “How to Lose Your Mother,” on sale this week, explores her complex relationship with her famous mother, the novelist Erica Jong, and navigating her encroaching dementia. MSNBC Political Analyst Molly Jong-Fast, 46, advertised the book on both X and Bluesky Sunday, saying much of Molly Jong-Fast is the only child of a famous woman, writer Erica Jong, whose sensational book Fear of Flying launched her into second-wave feminist stardom. Jong-Fast is the only child of Erica Jong and Jonathan Fast, a writer and son of Howard Fast (author of the best-selling novel “Spartacus,” which was turned into a movie by Stanley Aquí nos gustaría mostrarte una descripción, pero el sitio web que estás mirando no lo permite. Erica Jong became famous aged 31, with the publication of the novel Fear of Flying. Listen to Molly Jong Fast: My mum Erica, dementia, alcoholism & the year that changed my life from Postcards From Midlife. Novelist and poet Erica Jong helped bring unvarnished female sexual desire into the literary mainstream. For . Molly Jong-Fast’s unsparing account of her famous mother’s decline into dementia, and their life together, is just turning the tables. Erica became famous after writing her 1973 novel, Fear of Flying. Her mother is writer Erica Jong, who became famous for her 1973 novel "Fear Of Flying," which sold about 20 million copies and was considered a groundbreaking work of second-wave feminist Who Is Molly Jong-Fast's mother? The mother of Molly Jong-Fast is poet and novelist Erica Jong. ” —Claire Messud “Molly Jong-Fast’s In “How to Lose Your Mother,” Jong-Fast lays bare a terrible time in her life, when she put her mother, the writer Erica Jong, into a memory-care facility. She is the daughter of Erica Jong, a famous author and feminist whose first novel, 1973’s Fear of Flying, remains one of the seminal explorations of the second wave. Her mother showered Jong-Fast with words of love, telling her she was brilliant and a genius. 'Later,' Molly writes, 'my mother admitted they had Molly Jong-Fast on the Fleeting Nature of Fame - Time Sensitive “Molly Jong-Fast conveys the mess, terror, loneliness and glory of familial love, in all its riveting complexity. Political commentator Molly Jong-Fast has a new memoir, "How to Lose Your Mother," about mom Erica Jong's life with dementia. She took her on shopping sprees at Bergdorf Goodman, where they would spend well beyond their means, Jong-Fast was born in August 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut, [4] to novelist Erica Jong and author Jonathan Fast. [1] Her parents divorced during To mark the release of her candid new memoir, "How To Lose Your Mother," Molly Jong-Fast joined Jay McInerney in conversation. Now her daughter, writer Molly Jong BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay chats with author Molly Jong-Fast about her memoir, How to Lose Your Mother, which tackles the life, Jong-Fast was born in August 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut, [4] to novelist Erica Jong and author Jonathan Fast. She gave birth to her only child Molly five years later in 1978 – then lived with declining fame for ever after. Jong's third marriage - to Molly's father, Jonathan Fast - ended in an epically bitter divorce. How to Lose Your Mother is Molly’s despairing memoir about that intense The correction was sent in by my father, who said: “An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Molly Jong-Fast’s father, Jonathan Fast, sued her mother, Erica Jong, over Ms Before Molly Jong-Fast became the host of @fastpoliticspodcast, a regular on @msnbc, and novelist and memoirist, she was the daughter of Erica Jong. Jong-fast is the only child of Erica Jong and Jonathan Fast, a writer and son of Howard Fast (author of the best-selling novel “Spartacus,” which was turned into a movie by Stanley Molly Jong-Fast is the daughter of acclaimed writer Erica Jong.
