My sister helped me to escape our family – now she’s abandoned me. The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa I am the youngest of a brood of girls and left home at 17. My father was very strict and my mother lived abroad…
I’d like to have a child but my mother was abusive. Will I be like her? The Guardian.
Dear Annalisa My mother was physically, verbally and emotionally abusive towards me and my siblings. She also hated us laughing or being happy. I had a…
It’s time to reclaim the M-word. Published in The Guardian
Naomi Stadlen likes mothers. She has written two books with the word in the title: What Mothers Do, Especially When it Looks Like Nothing and her…
Annalisa Barbieri 