You probably know Molly Jong-Fast from the slash of red in her blonde hair that stands out in appearances on MSNBC, or her snappy retorts in your social media feed where she comments constantly and fearlessly on the current political divide. Her new book has nothing to do with politics.

“How to Lose Your Mother,” on sale this week, explores her complex relationship with her famous mother, the novelist Erica Jong, and navigating her encroaching dementia. In a candid conversation with WaxWord, Jong-Fast reflects on her childhood, her mother’s alcoholism, the impact of her mother’s fame and her own teenaged addiction and subsequent sobriety.

“That’s the thing about parents that’s so hard — for me anyway,” she says. “As soon as you they start to go, you realize that it is over, right? Even i

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