How to love our mothers:
15 Stories from daughters around the globe
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Aree
KANCHANABURI, THAILAND
My mother refuses to acknowledge that I was becoming blind…
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Greta
BERLIN / BRANDENBURG, GERMANY
I’m the first daughter and they grew up in this DDR regime…
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Lea
LA ROCHE, BELGIUM
With two lesbian mothers, we were expected to only like girls…
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Natalie
LA ROCHE, BELGIUM
Yeah I have two mothers but you got what I meant !!!
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Aylin
ISTANBUL, TÜRKIYE
I started hating her because I think she started hating…life?
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Iva
CELJE, SLOVENIA
So my mum’s history is that she’s from Yugoslavia…
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Onika
HIMACHAL, INDIA
My mum comes from a rigid Punjabi culture…
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Rose
BOULDER, COLORADO
It’s a broken, no contact relationship at this point...
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Anisha
KERALA, INDIA
Indian families are hard to emote to…
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Victoria
CARACAS, VENEZULA | LEUVEN, BELGIUM | OTTAWA, CANADA
Even my mum always asks why I’m so connected to Venezuela…
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Gemma
EUNOS, SINGAPORE
Her argument is, “I’m your mother” so you must listen to me…
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Jana
WOODLANDS, SINGAPORE
She’s like a friend & moulds herself into my life…
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Anita
NEW JERSEY, USA
Have you ever interviewed someone from my community…?
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Maya
BEDOK, SINGAPORE
Umi always said I would write a book about her one day…
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Umi
BEDOK, SINGAPORE
Why do you have to ask me about my mom…
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About the book
How to love our mothers spotlights daughters perspectives by building on personal narrative and interviews with 15 women, including Maya and her mother (Umi).
The book does so by understanding the different ways they show affection and overcome traumas associated with their mothers in various cultural contexts.
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