# Bittersweet

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- Book: [Bittersweet](https://www.bookquiver.com/matt-mcallester/bittersweet) ([Bittersweet.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/matt-mcallester/bittersweet.md))
- Authors: [Matt McAllester](https://www.bookquiver.com/matt-mcallester)
- Publisher: the_dial_press
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-04-4033-848-2
- Published: 2009-04-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Matt McAllester lost his mother, Ann, long before she died, as mental illness snatched the once-elegant woman away and destroyed his childhood. In this beautifully written memoir, the Pulitzer Prize–winning...