![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Disappointingly, she neglects to mention her work as commissioner of Children's Services in Los Angeles or as a consultant-lecturer on family violence, despite the overriding importance of these subjects. Christina Crawford’s Mommie Dearest cast a spotlight on the unspoken horrors of family violence and exorcised the demons of her childhood. There is much of interest, however, in descriptions of how the author fought against despair, finding hope and stability through a variety of spiritual experiences. But readers could be put off by the author's egocentric, self-pitying tone and complaints about the film based on Mommie Dearest, unsatisfactory accommodations and the stress of publicity tours, criticism from those who failed to grasp the purpose of that memoir as a weapon against a serious social problem, etc. One's inclination is to sympathize with a woman who endured an abused childhood, an almost fatal stroke (1981), a divorce that left her seriously in debt and other traumas. Christina Crawford (born June 11, 1939) is an American writer and actress, best known as the author of Mommie Dearest, an autobiographical account of alleged child abuse by her adoptive mother, famous Hollywood actress Joan Crawford. Succeeding Mommie Dearest and the novel Black Widow, which featured a character obviously based on her adoptive mother, Joan Crawford, this book continues the story of the author's life as a survivor. ![]()
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