Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton
An unsparing account of the anguish and fierce love between  Linda Gray Sexton and her brilliant, unstable and ultimately self-destructive mother,Anne Sexton.  Anne taught Linda how to write, how to see, how to imagine; and only Linda could have written a book that captures so vividly the  intimate details and lingering emotions of their lives together.Searching for Mercy Streetspeaks to everyone who admires Anne Sexton and to every daughter or son who knows the pain of  an imperfect childhood.