mothers and daughters

Follows the struggles of Rory Hendrix as she searches for a way out of her life of poverty at the Calle, a run-down Reno trailer park where she lives with her mother Jo, a hard-luck bartender at the Truck Stop.

Fourteen-year-old Pamela Collins struggles to come to terms with her mother's death.

Single mom Cam Lightsey struggles to cope with her seventeen-year-old daughter Aubrey, who has turned into a sullen, silent rebel with no interest in college, forcing Cam to reexamine everything she knows about parenting and life.

A guide for teens that contains a collection of seven personal stories from women who discuss their relationships with their mothers.

Middle-aged sisters Meredith and Nina, having been estranged from one another and their parents by the actions of their disapproving mother, reunite after their father falls ill, and, by carrying out their dad's dying wish of hearing the true story of their mother's life in war-torn Leningrad, the women find their relationships mending and begin to have a deeper understanding and respect for their mom.

Siddalee Walker, a successful theater director, is thrown into a void of uncertainty when she has a falling out with her mother over a New York Times article in which Vivi is characterized as an abusive parent, and the Ya-Yas, Vivi's gang of lifelong girlfriends, conspire to restore the mother-daughter relationship.

Twenty-three-year-old Louise searches for a man named Nicholas, who she holds responsible for the death of her mother, and when she infiltrates the life of Nicholas and his family, they both learn painful truths about their mutual pasts.

Best-selling author Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter, Ann, chronicle their travels together between 1998 and 2000, when they embarked on a journey of self-discovery and reconnection through Greece and France.

Having lived in twelve places in eight years, fourteen-year-old Calle Smith knows better than to put down roots, storing memories in a song journal while she keeps the world at a distance, but friends--even a boyfriend--are there to help when she learns why her mother has always been on the run.

College student Laura Moriarty's life takes an unexpected turn when her parents divorce, leaving her longing for a home that no longer exists, and trying to manage her own problems while dealing with the realization that her mother--her rock--has difficulties of her own.