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The Bad Enough Mother: A Defense

Jessica Michalofsky

A literary defense of bad mothering; a phenomenological (in the broad sense) exploration of drugs, hope, and other forms of magical thinking; an apology to my son Aubrey and anyone who uses drugs

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