I've always thought Teri was an engulfing N!
Brooke's memoir Down Came the Rain is actually very good. Her postpartum depression seemed really linked to voicelessness. I remember Brooke writes something about how her mother's voice was still the loudest voice in her head back when she had her children. I could totally relate to that; in the beginning, with my first kid, I lived with this maddening, constant worry that I was going to turn into the momster I remembered from my childhood. I remember being filled with profound grief too; because I couldn't celebrate my magnificent new baby without simultaneously wondering how my own mother could look at me--so small, so dependent--and feel nothing but resentment.
Anyway, poor Brooke. I can totally relate to that very difficult, very smothering relationship she had with her NM.
Kay x
