Having a child doesn't make a woman a mother any more than owning a paintbrush makes her Frida Kahlo.
From Koren Zailckas
It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.
I would never make up a character who didn't exist or an event that didn't transpire. If you're a real writer, you have other tools in your toolbox to build drama.
America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones.
When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart and putting it together again.
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