{"id":1080,"date":"2024-10-28T07:38:29","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T07:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2024-10-28T12:28:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T12:28:22","slug":"my-emotionally-abusive-mother-silenced-me-for-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/review\/my-emotionally-abusive-mother-silenced-me-for-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"My emotionally abusive mother silenced me for decades."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I can&#8217;t forgive her for what she did on her deathbed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A review of <a href=\"http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/nightshade-mother-a-disentangling\/\">Nightshade Mother: A Disentangling<\/a> in the Daily Mail &#8211; 17\/04\/2004<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1081\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1081 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM1.png\" alt=\"Nightshade Mother: Daily Mail Review\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM1.png 960w, http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM1-225x300.png 225w, http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM1-768x1024.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nightshade Mother: Daily Mail Review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1082\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1082 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM2.png\" alt=\"Nightshade Mother: Daily Mail Review\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM2.png 1280w, http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM2-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM2-1024x768.png 1024w, http:\/\/gwynethlewis.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DM2-768x576.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nightshade Mother: Daily Mail Review<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My emotionally abusive mother silenced me for decades. 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