In Pursuit of Radio Mom

"Crylen provides a reasoned, thought-provoking series of changing viewpoints about her mother from childhood to adulthood, cementing the early influences and absences that formulated her life and psyche . . . Libraries and readers seeking memoirs that capture the process of growth and understanding between mothers and daughters will find In Pursuit of Radio Mom an especially astute, potent consideration of family ideals and realities that is recommended for a much wider audience than the usual memoir or psychological inspection."
-Midwest Book Review

“The prose is sharp and filtered through considerations of how Crylen's unresolved pain trickled into her adulthood.”
—Foreword Clarion

“A candid memoir that will resonate with anyone navigating the relationship between mother and daughter”
—Kirkus Reviews

“As Terry’s colleague of twenty-five years, I have witnessed her dedication to a career investigating the lives of others. Her ability to interweave clinical expertise with personal experience is a rare gift. This is a riveting story of the transformative power of truth and love, shared with astounding empathy.”
—Roxanne I. Levin, PhD

“Many memoirs have been written about family ties, dysfunction, and impact. Few hold the resolute blend of professional and personal assessment that rise above and beyond the moment to consider the connections and broken perceptions mothers and daughters too often struggle with.”
—D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

“A strong voice from a clinical psychologist who writes with surprising candor and no psychobabble. Insightful; a tender take on the emotional chambers of the heart.”
—Linda Gray Sexton, best-selling author of Searching For Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother, Anne Sexton

“Affecting memoir of a daughter mothering her mother—and breaking cycles.”
—Publishers Weekly, Booklife