My Mothers Keeper

by B. D. Hyman

Paperback, 1986

Status

Available

Call number

791.430280924

Genres

Publication

Berkley (1986), Paperback, 336 pages

Description

Candidly, but with affection, the daughter of Bette Davis portrays the private side of the tempestuous actress and her marriage to Gary Merrill and recounts her own experiences as the daughter of a world-famous star.

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LibraryThing member cpprpnny770

B.D. Hyman, daughter of Bette Davis, does the Christina Crawford bio of mother. I found most of it believable and incredibly sad.

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LibraryThing member arabella_bishop

This was one of the dullest books I've ever read. It is so obvious that it's an angry daughter's revenge on her mother. I don't really understand her problem, though. What is she complaining about? That her mother loved her too much? Nonsense! She should have handled the whole mother issue

differently. I don't think Miss Davis was a perfect mother, sure she wasn't, but she didn't deserve this either. BD writes about all the bad things her mother supposedly did, but hardly mentions the good ones. In my opinion, this book is quite a fiction as no human being could remember every conversation she had with such details cited here unless she has a mental problem. One thing I know for sure, though. Miss Davis loved being awarded, so the part telling how she despised her awards is a filthy lie. But the most ridiculous part is the big revelation at the end. I laughed very hard, I must say.
Complete waste of time and money.

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