Publisher's Synopsis
A story of love, hate and power, and how Katharine's mother interfered, intruded and meddled with her life, and tried to control it at all costs for over five decades. Aged just eight, Katharine's world falls apart when her mother discovers her father's affair. The family dynamics are changed forever. As the matriarch gathers strength, the family wilts beneath her. But Katharine loves her mother and continues to support her throughout her adult life, impressed by her determination, her looks and style, wit and charisma. From the breakdown of 'normal' family life in 1964, Katharine begins a super-strict, military-style upbringing at home and boarding school, followed by expulsion in the seventies and total rebellion in the eighties; a career in the music industry; and her on-going struggle with her sexuality. There are tears, there's rage. There are periods of separation caused by her mother's refusal to accept her long-term relationship with her partner. Meanwhile her parents battle on with their own deeply broken relationship. It's not until her father's death that Katharine has a light-bulb moment and her resentment and rage at her mother causes her mental stability to get rocked to the core, and just at a time when her mother is (possibly) showing signs of dementia. Can she control herself or is she going to murder her mother?
