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"American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox has said that she has forgiven her mother for the difficult childhood she endured while growing up. Bowersox sings about her mum&amp;#039;s alcoholism and abuse on her debut album Farmer&amp;#039;s Daughter. &amp;quot;This is the sob story that never happened on American Idol,&amp;quot; Bowersox admitted to CNN. &amp;quot;The whole album is just my diary - dealing with child abuse, and alcoholism, and just a dark childhood that I had dealing with my mom and our relationship and everything.&amp;quot; Bowersox also claimed that she has rekindled her relationship with her mother, and now no longer blames her for the abuse she caused. &amp;quot;She was a single mom trying to raise three kids on her own, and she didn&amp;#039;t always deal with her frustrations the best way,&amp;quot; Bowersox explained. &amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s a much better grandmother now than she was a mother for me.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I haven&amp;#039;t forgotten, but I&amp;#039;ve definitely forgiven my mom,&amp;quot; she added. Bowersox released &amp;#039;Farmer&amp;#039;s Daughter&amp;#039; as her first single in December last year, followed closely by her debut album. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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