an unconventional mother...

"Chanel Bonfire" by Wendy Lawless is a memoir about her upbringing with a very unstable mother.  Wendy and her sister try very hard to rise above the many suicide attempts, the constant flow of men in and out of their mother's life and their unstable childhood.  All the girls want to do is find a way to cover the cracks in their lives and hide them from the world.