A NATIONAL BESTSELLER. A daughter's tale of living in the thrall of
her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her
complicity.
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On a hot July night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother,
Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the
course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just
kissed me.
Adrienne instantly became her mother's confidante and helpmate,
blossoming in the sudden light of her attention, and from then on,
Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would
become an epic affair with her husband's closest friend. The affair
would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved, impacting
Adrienne's life in profound ways, driving her into a precarious marriage
of her own, and then into a deep depression. Only years later will she
find the strength to embrace her life--and her mother--on her own
terms.
Wild Game is a brilliant, timeless memoir about how the people close
to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and
the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. It's a
remarkable story of resilience, a reminder that we need not be the
parents our parents were to us.
"Exquisite and harrowing." --New York Times Book Review
"This electrifying, gorgeously written memoir will hold you captive
until the last word." --People
