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Last spring, when British author JulieMyerson came out with The Lost Child,about her son's addiction to the potentmarijuana strain known as "skunk," the49-year-old mother of three was slammed forbetraying motherhood itself. This month, thescandalous memoir arrives stateside. So what'sit like to be called the worst mother on Earth?Me:Your seven previous books were novels.What compelled you to write about your eldestson's estrangement from the family?JM: I was trying to write about artist MaryYelloly, who died in 1838,but I kept grinding toa halt because of the situation at home. My

teenage son's drug use had spiraled out of con-trol, and we had thrown him out of the house. Ifelt it was important to highlight this problemwith a drug that people don't treat seriously.Me:What do you make ofthe charges thatyou're profiting from your son's problems?JM: My agent urged me to think hard beforedeciding whether to publish. We anticipatedpersonal criticism in reviews-but not front-page attacks from people who hadn't read it.Me:What was your son's take on the book?JM: Before I decided to publish, I showed it tohim. He asked for very few changes, and evenagreed to some of his poems going in. It seemedto me then that he was OKwith it, so I wasshocked when he was quoted saying he wasn't.Me:Do you regret writing the book?JM: IfI had known the extent of the outcry-tabloids camped outside my son's flat, the tollon my family-I wouldn't have done it. What'smade it bearable is the positive response fromparents in similar situations. -Louise Chunn

Three to borrowthis month:A GATE AT THE STAIRSLorrie Moore's returndetails the adventuresof a 20-year-old farmgirl turned bewilderednanny to a wealthycouple.

NO TIME TO WAVEGOODBYE JacquelynMitchard's sequel toThe Deep End of theOcean revisits theCappadoras 22 dys-functional years later.

AFTER YOU In JulieBuxbaum's tearjerker,a mother is murderedbefore her child's eyes,and it's up to the vie'sfriend to figure out why.

THE CULTURE PYRAMID

GUILTY PLEASURES»(partake sparingly)

Didn't she almost haveit all? The original hot

mess, Whitney "Crack iswhack" Houston, is back

with I Look to You.

(2-3 servings)Historical fiction getsa sexy makeover inMaureen Lindley'sThe Private Papersof Eastern Jewel.

(3-5 servings)Your Don Draperscreensaver istimely again-

Mad Menreturns to AMC.

Cowbell anda Judge Judy

shout-out? We're'so in: Yo La Tengo

debuts newrock gems onPopular Songs .

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Remind your,kid niece whyyou're the coolaunt: Give herThe Indie RockColoring Book.

Newly domesticatedJay-Z is back with

, Blueprint 3, not yetrapping about yardwork and brunchwith the in-laws.

PBS's reality-show-worthy doc BronxPrincess, about ateen who splits

time between NYGand her father's royal

palace in Ghana(September 221