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ww2 onwards: The fictionalised story of the author’s life and her guilt of being a ‘bad’ mother
The Bad Mother
What you need to know before your trail
Born in Germany, Marguerite was barely in her twenties when she ‘ran off’ to Tunisia with her French lover.
She thought she was running away on an adventure where she could be with someone she loved, be free and live the life she was supposed to lead. However, instead, she ended up in an abusive marriage with children which seemed to trap her further still.
One day it all becomes too much for her and so she escapes but is unable to take her children with her. Many people don’t understand her choices and decision to leave her children and so she is called a bad mother.
Can you love your children and want your own life at the same time?
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Born in Germany, Andersen has led a very interesting life and struggled with what comes with a violent and abusive marriage. AT first of course life with her French lover and flees to Tunisia with him, but life there is one giant trap and it’s not easy to live with a mann who is always in control of what she does and what she even thinks
Moving around from one place to the next, her life becomes one struggle after another – moving as far afield as North Dakota and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, she eventually moves back to Canada in order to escape this marriage once and for all.
But the guilt of leaving her children will travel with her no matter what the destination.
Booktrail Boarding Pass Information: The Bad Mother
Author/ Guide: Marguerite Andersen Berlin, Tunis, Montreal Departure Time: ww2, present day
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