Her mother’s daughter

Linda Carroll, therapist, writer and mother of Courtney Love has written her memoirs, which include an account of the family’s unconventional attempt to live an alternative lifestyle in Nelson and their struggle to deal with their wild child. The memoirs document Love’s turbulent experiences in the Nelson commune community of the 1970s, as she was passed between caregivers, schools and relatives both in New Zealand and the US. Her Mother’s Daughter has been labelled a pre-emptive strike from Carroll, in anticipation of Love’s planned release of “intimate” journals later this year.