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But the final paragraph makes my stomach lurch:

I contacted Mara’s mother Tori Eldritch to get her comment on the

autobiographical show that references themes of neglect and abuse.

Tori said:

“It’s all lies. Mara had a perfect childhood, anything she could ever

want. She was pampered. Spoiled, even. She’ll do anything for

attention, she’s always been that way. I took her to so many

psychiatrists, but they could never fix her. I don’t call that art.

Fantasy, more like. A filthy, deceptive fantasy to slander the people

who took care of her. My lawyer says I should sue her for

defamation.”

That puts a different spin on the collection of ostensibly personal

images.

In speaking to Mara Eldritch, she told me, “Childhood shapes all of

us—the events we remember, and even those we don’t.”

Perhaps Mara is leaning hard on those events we “don’t remember.”

I shove the laptop away from me, face burning.

“That fucking CUNT!” I shout.

“Gemma, or your mother?” Cole inquires.

“Both!”

“No one’s going to believe your mother,” Cole says dismissively. “She’s

nobody. You’re the one with the microphone.”

I’m still seething, the room spinning around me.

“She can’t let me have anything. She can’t stand what it would mean, if I

succeed without her, in spite of her.”

“You already are succeeding,” Cole says serenely. “And she can’t do a damn

thing about it.”

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