#18

Mommie Dearest

Author: Christina Crawford

Summary: The adopted and abused daughter of movie star Joan Crawford tells the true story of the tumultuous relationship between her and her mother. 

Personal thoughts: Very riveting and hard to put down! Christina Crawford described in full candid detail just how her mother Joan could go from a sweet and loving parent to a very bitter and very sadistic woman towards her and her brother Christopher in nothing flat. It's the kind of story that will show any reader who has experienced cruel and unusual punishment by a parent that there is indeed a silver lining at the end of a black cloud, so to speak. 

Rating on a scale of 1 to 10: 10

-jessi