N only P: terrible parents

[János Székely]

An ex-student of mine is writing his PhD thesis in comparative
literature, of course out of time like anybody in that situation, and
asked me about "dominant, terrible, possibly murderous mothers and
fathers in contemporary American literature." I recommended Nalline
and Greta but he said GR is too heavy (literally). Any spectacular
candidates from thinner books?

Thx,
Janos