Mother Land (Broché)

Mother's favourite was Angela. But she died in infancy, too young to disappoint, leaving her six siblings at the mercy of a maternal monster. Mother divides and rules her children. As adults they leave home again and again, but she keeps them on a short leash, always reeled back into the nest. Now, with her hundredth birthday just around the corner, Mother's powers of manipulation finally seem to be waning.
Can JP and his siblings escape or grow out of their never-ending childhood ? Or are they maternally damned ?