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…
Gemma – Her 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…
Maya – Umi always said I would write a book about her one day…
Umi – Why 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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