{"product_id":"unmothered-kim-murphy-9798234030016","title":"Unmothered","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA memoir of parental neglect and the search for love and belonging.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSome daughters are raised. Others raise themselves.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUnmothered\u003c\/em\u003e, Kim Murphy traces a life influenced by emotional absence, volatility, and the long, often invisible work of learning how to care for herself. Raised by a brilliant, unpredictable mother whose love was inconsistent and often conditional, Murphy grows up attuned to mood, danger, and silence-skills that help her survive even as they shape her sense of intimacy and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from childhood through early adulthood, this memoir explores what it means to grow up without reliable emotional care. Murphy writes with clear-eyed compassion about her mother's complexity and her own resilience, refusing easy villains or tidy resolutions. Moments of rupture-sexual trauma, marriage, motherhood, and the slow decline of her mother's mind-become spaces for reckoning rather than closure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith lyrical restraint and emotional precision, Unmothered examines what it means to grieve the mother you had, the one you didn't, and the self you became in her absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234030016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kestrel House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.37d","brand":"Kim Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659832733951,"sku":"9798234030016","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b817679-2377-42db-9457-a03ee98aba16.jpg?v=1781203536","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unmothered-kim-murphy-9798234030016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}