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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:00 AM

Beware the stepmonster!

A sympathetic new book about the family member everyone loves to hate suggests even the best stepmoms in the world are set up to fail miserably.
By Heather Havrilesky

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  • Thursday, May 21, 2009 07:07 PM

    Yep

    I went through this. It started with my stepson at 6 months of age. Divorced 10 years later, never got to say goodbye and never heard from him. He's in his late 20's now. Swastika stepmom. I didn't deserve any of it.

    —T. Elizabeth Read T. Elizabeth's other letters

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