Too Many Mothers

This wonderful memoir Too Many Mothers by Roberta Taylor tells of her upbringing in the East End of London and the lives of her dysfunctional extended family - her "street-wise" grandmother Mary, her mother, aunts and uncles. This is not a "hearts and roses" tale but is often confronting as Mary's children try to break away from her clutches. Roberta was lucky to have been born at all after a tragic incident. This well-written and immensely readable story of all the "characters" that affected Roberta's early life shows that fact is often stranger and more interesting than fiction. 4/5