The Relatable Dysfunction of ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’

My sister and I hail from a long line of toxic mothering

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When I finally convinced my pop culture-averse little sister to watch Amy Sherman-Palladino’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I wasn’t sure she’d be hooked for the same reasons I am. Then, about three-quarters into the first episode, title character Midge Maisel approaches her…