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The Most Wonderful Terrible Person: A Memoir Of Murder In The Golden State
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For Fans Of Joan Didion And Anyone Fascinated By True Crime, A DaughterS Raw And Unflinching Account Of CaliforniaS Infamous Murder Trial Of Her Mother, Lucille MillerAnd The Decades Of Emotional Wreckage It Left In Its Wake.On October 7, 1964, Debra MillerS Life Turns Upside Down When Her Mother Is Arrested For The Murder Of Her Father. At Only Fourteen Years Old, Debra Becomes A Ward Of The Court, Grappling With The Unfathomable Trauma Of Watching Her MotherS Trial And ConvictionA Devastation That Is Only Amplified When Her FamilyS Tragedy Is Splashed Across Headlines Nationwide And Featured In Joan DidionS Slouching Towards Bethlehem.Desperate To Escape The Notoriety Of Her Family And Utterly Ill Equipped To Face The World, Debra Spends Her Young Adulthood Sinking Into Mental Illness, Toxic Relationships, And Substance Abuse. Meanwhile, Her Unrepentant Mother, Lucille, Uses Debra To Supply Contraband In Prison. When Lucille Is Released, Twentysomething Debra, Seeking The Love And Support She So Desperately Desires, Moves In With HerOnly To Find Herself Constantly Manipulated And Dragged Into Her MotherS Illegal Activities. Torn Between Love And Survival, Debra Spends Years Trying To Escape Her MotherS Vortex Even As She Battles Her Own Demons. Ultimately, ItS Only When Lucille Passes Away That Debra Finally Frees Herself From Her GripAnd Realizes She Needs To Change Her Life.In This Raw And Poignant Memoir, Debra Miller Bares The Scars Of An Adolescence And Adulthood Shaped By The Impact Of A Destructive Mother And Demonstrates That Healing Is Always PossibleEven In The Face Of A Past That Just WonT Let Go.
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