Come Back: A Mother And Daughter's Journey Through Hell And Back by Claire Fontaine

Come Back: A Mother And Daughter's Journey Through Hell And Back by Claire Fontaine

In powerful parallel stories, mother and daughter give mesmerizing first-person accounts of the nightmare that shattered their family and the amazing journey they took to find their way back to each other. Claire Fontaine's relentless cross-country search for her missing child and ultimate decision to force her into treatment in Eastern Europe is a gripping tale of dead ends, painful revelations, and, at times, miracles. Mia Fontaine describes her refuge in the seedy underworld of felons and addicts as well as the jarring shock of the extreme, if loving, school that enabled her to overcome depression and self-loathing. Both women detail their remarkable process of self-examination and healing with humor and unsparing honesty.

Come Back is an unforgettable true story of love and transformation that will resonate with mothers and daughters everywhere.

Claire Fontaine is a multidisciplinary artist who exhibits all over the world. She was founded in Paris in 2004 and now lives and works in Palermo, Italy. The Crack-up, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, 2017; Camp, Villa Medici, Rome, 2017; Your Money and Your Life, Galerias Municipais, Lisbon, 2019; Too Late to Read, Longtang, Zurich, 2019; Les printemps seront silencieux, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, 2019; La borsa e la vita, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2019; #displaced, St dtische Gallery, Nordhorn Claire Fontaine's work has previously appeared in Germany, Italy, France, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Hal Foster is the Princeton University Townsend Martin '17 Professor of Art and Archaeology and the author of Prosthetic Gods (MIT Press) and other books.