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Caught in the sandwich generation: An excerpt from Mother Daughter Me

In 2009, at age 51, journalist Katie Hafner invited her elderly mother to move from San Diego to San Francisco and live with her and her 16-year-old daughter. Brilliant and funny, Hafner’s mother had also been a divorced alcoholic who…

In 2009, at age 51, journalist Katie Hafner invited her elderly mother to move from San Diego to San Francisco and live with her and her 16-year-old daughter. Brilliant and funny, Hafner’s mother had also been a divorced alcoholic who lost custody of Hafner and her older sister when they were young girls. As Hafner reveals in the pages of Mother Daughter Me, her sixth book …

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Caught in the sandwich generation: An excerpt from Mother Daughter Me