Molly Jong Fast

Molly Jong Fast

Molly Jong Fast: My mum Erica, dementia, alcoholism & the year that changed my life

March 30, 2025

Lorraine & Trish take a deep dive into motherlove in all its forms by meeting journalist and political commentator Molly Jong Fast to discuss her moving new memoir chronicling her mother Erica Jong’s descent into dementia at the same time her husband Matt was diagnosed with cancer. She talks to the duo about childhood trauma, growing up with the celebrated feminist and author of Fear of Flying, Erica, who she describes as an alcoholic narcissist, as well as her own battle with drug and alcohol addiction.

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