{"id":8022,"date":"2021-01-28T08:32:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T06:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/blog\/2021\/01\/28\/a-moving-memoir\/"},"modified":"2023-04-15T11:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T09:03:05","slug":"a-moving-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/blog\/2021\/01\/28\/a-moving-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"A moving memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman reluctantly takes on the responsibility of putting her eccentric rebellious mother into a retirement home and managing her care. She has her own daughter to raise and nurture, a marriage and a business to hold together, and her own psychological troubles due in good part to how she was mothered.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8023\" src=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/01\/my-mother-my-madness-cover-260x400.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/01\/my-mother-my-madness-cover-260x400.jpeg 260w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/01\/my-mother-my-madness-cover-273x420.jpeg 273w, https:\/\/getitmagazine.co.za\/pretoria\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2021\/01\/my-mother-my-madness-cover.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>My Mother, My Madness i<\/strong>s Colleen Higgs\u2019s diary of her mother\u2019s last ten years. 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