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Molly Jong-Fast Grew Up With A Mother Addicted To Fame
44 minutes Posted Jun 10, 2025 at 7:23 pm.
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MSNBC political analyst Molly Jong-Fast's mother Erica Jong became famous from her 1973 novel Fear of Flying, which was considered a groundbreaking work of feminist literature. But Molly's mom became addicted to the fame and couldn't bear to lose it. She talks about her childhood and a year of great loss in her new memoir, How to Lose Your Mother.

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