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‘Before I Forget’: A touching and surprisingly funny memoir on caring for ageing abusive parents

How do you mourn an abusive alcoholic parent? French writer Anne Pauly’s Before I Forget, translated by Dina Leifer, addresses this question in a deeply personal account of grief.

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