Austin Chapter
Reader's Guide
September 2005
In My Mother's House: A Memoir
Kim Chernin
In this twentieth anniversary edition of the feminist classic In My Mother's House, Kim Chernin tells the brave and ultimately triumphant story of Rose Chernin, Russian immigrant and passionate Old Left activist, and her daughter Kim, the narrator of this riveting memoir of conflict, confrontation, and reconciliation among four generations of Chernin women...
- What is your response to the daughter/mother evolving relationship of Kim and Rose?
- How does it compare to your mother/daughter relationship(s) ?
- What was the saddest moment, for you, in the book? Why? The happiest?
- How much of the history did you know?
- What significance do you find in the story?
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