TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barry,Nicola
TI  - Mother's ruin: the extraordinary true story of how alcohol destroys a family 
SN  - 9780755316748 (pbk.)
U1  - 362.2923092 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Headline Review
KW  - Barry, Nicola
KW  - Women alcoholics
KW  - Scotland
KW  - Edinburgh
KW  - Mothers and daughters
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Children of alcoholics
KW  - Biography
N1  - Originally published: 2007
N2  - As a child, Nicola Barry just wanted her mother Monica to be normal - to make the family's meals, to care for their home, to look after her and her brothers and be part of her life. But Nicola's mother was a chronic alcoholic and there was nothing normal about life in the Barry household. Behind closed doors, Monica was drinking herself to death. - Back cover
ER  -