Of all the genes parents pass down and values they instill, how does one take hold so much stronger than the others?
mothers and daughters
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Mothers of the Future
In a new memoir, Sophia Shalmiyev attempts to reunite with her missing mother through scraps, signs, and surrogates.
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Did Your Walls Keep Them Out, or Lock You In?
Gabriela Garcia’s short story about a women fighting a cold war with her new neighbor is deeply political without explicitly being about politics at all.
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How To Build An Intellectual
For one young immigrant, growing up Iranian in New York City meant raising herself.
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A Motherless Daughter, Mothering
In this personal essay, an unexpected pregnancy not long after her troubled mother’s passing forces Ashley Abramson to navigate a kind of dual citizenship she couldn’t have anticipated.
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Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake
A personal essay in which, a decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.
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Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake
A decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Living in the Aftershock of Someone Else’s Earthquake
A decade after her mother’s death, Ashley Abramson reflects on being raised by a parent addicted to opioids.
Posted inEditor's Pick
When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles
A personal essay in which Marlene Adelstein looks a her obsession with an orphaned sea otter and realizes it’s helping her process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.
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What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About
A personal essay in which Michele Filgate looks back at her life as a teen living with an abusive stepfather, and considers her mother’s reluctance to protect her daughter, or even speak about it.