Mother Issues

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It seems everyone has something to say about motherhood.  A lot of people have advice.  Others just have... issues.   In this hour of To The Best of Our Knowledge -- the tricky topic of motherhood.   Linda Gray Sexton remembers her mother, the troubled poet Anne Sexton.  Jeannette Walls talks about growing up homeless.  And Ayelet Waldman explains how being a bad mother, isn't really all that bad.

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Writer Ayelet Waldman recounts many stories about what she calls "the perils and joys of trying to be a decent mother in a world intent on making you feel like a bad one."

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April 28, 2023