S1 E6: Lauren thought she knew her mom's story. Then they wrote a book together.
On the day Becoming Anyway officially launches, Kelly and Lauren talk about the parts of Kelly's life Lauren never saw: becoming a mother at 23, depression, an eating disorder, financial struggles, loneliness, career guilt, and the pressure to make everything look “fine.”
Lauren also shares how her perspective on her childhood, and on her mother, changed through the process of writing the book.
Plus, the whiteboards are back: Who was harder to raise? Who was better at pretending everything was fine? And who sacrificed more for Kelly's career?
Then Lauren asks the question at the center of it…
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