My mother was always going on and on and on and on about how she only liked true stories, not made-up books, so in the idk late 70s early 80s when mail order book clubs were all the rage, i got sent a copy of Mommy Dearest, which i did not read, but gave to my mother as a xmas or birthday present. She also used to read True Confidential magazine when i was growing up, which was about movie stars personal lives, so i figured, perfect gift, right? Sweet title and everything!

Yeah no - she got pretty mad! My brother was like, why did you give her that? You KNEW what it was about! I honestly thought it was a movie star biography written by a doting daughter - up to that point, there wasnt any other kind! Oopsie!

They did not believe my innocence. Like i would DO something like that. Mum and brother thought i bought it to accuse mum of being abusive also. She neglected me - she didnt particularly abuse me. That would have taken too much effort on her part.

ETA - Bought the FOO book, on kindle. Have you read Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman? Its one of the old guard books, which i dont always like, and im not 100 pct sure this is the obe, becausr i seem to remember 2 authors, not one, but maybe that was the title that had 2 words. If it is the book, it did speak to me, chapter after chapter it got deeper.