What happens when the world's most secure bond feels insecure? For as long as Fränzi can remember, her mother has spent most of her time crying in bed. What she doesn't know as a little girl: her mother suffers from severe depression. Throughout her life, the illness takes up more space than Fränzi's worries or wishes—even as a kindergartener, Fränzi cooks for her mother and comforts her. She wants to be a model child, one who doesn't cause any trouble. Franziska Hohmann tells her story with unflinching honesty and tenderness, recounting how she spent her life trying to be a support for her ill mother, how she herself was mercilessly crushed in the process and became an alcoholic—and why she loves her mother despite everything. With power and courage, she also tells the story of the adult Fränzi, a woman who learns, step by step, to let go with love. "I grew up with a severely mentally ill mother and almost fell into the abyss myself. Now I'm sharing my story to reach people who have experienced something similar or are currently going through it." With this book, I want to encourage people not to give up.' What happens when the world's most naturally secure bond feels insecure? Powerful, encouraging, and despite everything, entertaining: how to free oneself from a toxic past. Out of the taboo zone: Franziska Hohmann is a role model for the many adult children from toxic parent-child relationships. New product