A deeply moving story being retold by a mother. It takes her from her idyllic childhood to the challenges of being a young mother. As the mother grows up her young daughter Hannah tries to control her mothers life with devastating effects. Hannahs true personality comes to the fore as had been told to her mother at the time of her birth. Hannahs full blown personality wreaks havoc on the lives of everyone around her and devastates those that are closest to her. She criticises and attacks everyone closest to her without any remorse. She can no longer maintain close relationships, and sees only arguments in black and white - there is no room for grey or compromise in her world. Her thoughts have developed into grandiose ideas of how she is always right no matter who disagrees with her.And yet underneath all this she is still a young and vulnerable woman who is scared of letting her true self be found out. Throughout all this her mother remains as committed to her as she was from the day she was born.
A deeply moving story being retold by a mother. It takes her from her idyllic childhood to the challenges of being a young mother. As the mother grows up her young daughter Hannah tries to control her mothers life with devastating effects. Hannahs true personality comes to the fore as had been told to her mother at the time of her birth. Hannahs full blown personality wreaks havoc on the lives of everyone around her and devastates those that are closest to her. She criticises and attacks everyone closest to her without any remorse. She can no longer maintain close relationships, and sees only arguments in black and white - there is no room for grey or compromise in her world. Her thoughts have developed into grandiose ideas of how she is always right no matter who disagrees with her.And yet underneath all this she is still a young and vulnerable woman who is scared of letting her true self be found out. Throughout all this her mother remains as committed to her as she was from the day she was born.
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