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In a blatant but irresistible promotional pitch, bookfinder.com has compiled a list of the Top 10 Worst Mothers in Literature. Their complete analysis will be posted at this link next week. But the list is available below. And I have to ask -- how is Oedipus' mom only No. 7? Their list: 10. Jeanettes Mother from Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson E-mail entry: |
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Oh, and let's not forget dear Abbie from Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms." She marries a much older widower, begins an affair with her youngest stepson, bears his child and passes it off as her husband's, and then kills the baby because she's afraid it will become an obstacle to her adulterous affair. Nice.