Memoirs of an Unfit Mother

Enjoyed reading it. Seemed a very candid account of Anne Robinson's life. She does not mince her words when she discusses the people close to her, nor does she spare herself any criticism. However, she is a fair, if fierce, critic of the individuals who shaped and shared her life. I was attracted to......more

I have no idea why I ever picked this book up, as it has been on my shelf for a long time. I think I bought it because she had admitted to being an alcoholic mother and I wanted to see how she coped with her career and a family with such an illness. I was very shocked at how open this book was about......more

I’m not usually a fan of autobiographies but I enjoyed this. Author had a very strong, business-minded mother and this strongly influenced her upbringing. Anne became a successful newspaper journalist, indeed Fleet Street’s first female deputy editor, and, like her mother before her, developed a serio......more

I laughed, i cried....she dissapointed me, she amazed me....and I could not put the book down untill I finished it.......more

She paid her dues.......more