Surviving Daughter a memoir Author:Barbara Adams The relationship between mother and daughter is often fraught. Add childhood sexual abuse, alcoholism, drug addition, horrifying deaths followed by a move from suburban New Jersey to the mountains of Costa Rica, and you have a jaw-dropping tale. With candor and humor, Barbara Adams tells the story of her mother's childhood in the Irish shantytow... more »ns of Boston and New York in the early part of the 20th century. Her wild spirit of adventure drove Terry Manning first to Alaska, and then to ports around the world, and finally to Costa Rica with her two remaining children, well before that country became the darling of eco-tourism. With half her family taken from her in sudden, shocking deaths, Terry raises her one surviving daughter to grab life by the horns. She also attempts to teach her how to drink like a lady. Unfortunately, in this family, that's simply not possible. First mother saves daughter, again and again, and then the favor is returned. Life has a way of teaching us the lessons we need most. In this story, the classroom is the mountains and jungles of the tropics, and the lessons are the reflections of two lives, intertwined, in sickness and in health.« less