An Only Child and Her Sister

A Memoir

By: Casey Maxwell Clair

Narrated by: Donna Postel

Casey and her little sister, Christine, started off with what looked like a good beginning. But looks can be deceiving. Their mother, Eve Whitney, a stunning Hollywood beauty, didn't much care for children. Their father, Eddie Maxwell, was a successful songwriter and gag man; he was a brilliant, handsome, hugely charismatic man, but he had a secret drug habit that sent him careening between warm and loving parent one day, to hair-trigger monster the next.

If Casey got only sporadic moments of love and caring, Chris got nothing. Neither Eddie nor Eve ever had a kind thought for their youngest child. And so the sisters were forced to find their own paths through this horrific excuse of a childhood, each making choices that pulled them farther and farther apart when the one thing they needed was each other.

Told without an ounce of self-pity or bitterness, this story is unique as well as universal. The scenes of pain and incredible neglect live side by side with amazing moments of humor, courage, and triumph.

Contains mature themes.

For more information on the author and her work, visit caseymaxwellclair.com.

©2016 Casey Maxwell Clair (P)2020 Tantor

An amazing story

This was a wonderful book and wonderful writer. I am sharing it with my 17-year-old son to show him what he can do even though you think that your life is very small you can expand it and do those things that you don’t think you can do. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Positive spin on her childhood

I loved the story and the humor amidst hardship. The ready did a good job and I couldn’t stop listening. Finished the book in two sittings.

Excellent Narration

The narration made this story all the more real. You could feel how uninterested the world around was to this character. Thank you so much to the author for sharing this. Very relatable and inspiring

Excellent

There wasn't a dry moment in this book from start to finish.
Well written, well narrated.
The end gives me a lot of hope!

Tough story of growing up with dysfunctional parents

This memoir is written with such incredible fortitude. Casey Maxwell Clair’s inspirational humour and determination to succeed in her life is exceptional, her forgiveness eternal, the narrator’s voice was perfect.