My Mother’s Keeper

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My Mother’s Keeper is a controversial memoir by B. D. Hyman that portrays her mother, actress Bette Davis, in an unflattering light and sparked significant public and familial backlash.

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instanceOf book
about celebrity motherhood
emotional abuse allegations
family conflict in Hollywood
author B. D. Hyman NERFINISHED
causeOf familial backlash
public backlash
controversy criticized as an attack on Bette Davis late in her life
sparked debate about children publishing exposes of famous parents
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre biography
controversial literature
memoir
hasForm first-person narrative
hasPerspective estranged daughter
hasReception viewed as sensational by some critics
widely criticized by fans of Bette Davis
hasTheme fame and family
parent–child estrangement
resentment
language English
mainSubject Bette Davis NERFINISHED
mother–daughter relationship
mediaType print
notableFor controversy in popular press
negative depiction of Bette Davis
portrays Bette Davis in an unflattering light
portraysAs Bette Davis as a difficult mother
publicationDecade 1980s
relatedTo Bette Davis NERFINISHED
setting Hollywood NERFINISHED
timePeriodDescribed mid-20th century Hollywood
workOf B. D. Hyman NERFINISHED

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B. D. Hyman notableWork My Mother’s Keeper