Upcoming Book:

How to love our mothers

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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STORIES

Aylin I realised it was not my father, but my mother I had an issue with…

Lea With two lesbian mothers, my sister and I were expected to only like girls…

Natalie Yeah I have two mothers but you got what I meant !!!

Iva So my mum’s history is that she’s from Yugoslavia… 

Greta As a daughter with parents who grew up in the DDR…

Anisha Indian families are hard to emote to…

Onika My mum comes from a rigid Punjabi culture…

GemmaHer argument would be, “I am your mother” so you must listen to me…

Jana She’s like a friend and moulds herself into my life on a regular basis…

Anita My mom and I always had problems with money…

Aree My mother refuses to acknowledge that I was becoming blind…

Rose She was very dominant in spaces where women weren’t supposed to be…

MayaUmi always said I would write a book about her one day…

UmiWhy do you have to ask me about my mom…

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The stories are from daughters from around the globe, from Slovenia, to India, to Singapore, Germany, and the US.

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