My Mother's Masterpiece

larship a golden ticket out of her small Texas to

es and severe buns insisted upon by Brenda, whose piety was

aircut, a hidden pair of jeans-was me

g, erupted in a terrifying rage, shredding Sarah's new life bef

ccharine pronouncements about Sarah's "delicate nature" brande

earned money, tailed her every move during orientation, and poisoned

age, leaving her utterly despairing, smothered by a mother who

systematically dismantle every shred of her identity,

public image, planned to expose Sarah's "rebellion

n the cameras on her mother, prepared to expose years of emotional abuse and