mothers and daughters

Adapted from the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the prince, as Zel falls in love with a young prince, and her mother tries everything she can to prevent Zel from leaving her.

Unable to deal with her problems, Amanda Starkey flees to her sister's farm, but when she her sister drowns in a mysterious accident, Amanda is forced to take charge of her young niece, and she soon realizes that she has not left her problems behind, she has merely brought them with her.

A selection of poems that explore the bond between mothers and daughters, grouped by stages of life, from pregnancy to partings.

As her mother battles a citizens' group that wants to ban all "anti-Christian" literature from the public library, Carla faces her own battle of torn loyalties when her boyfriend starts persecuting the homosexual owners of an antiques shop.

A high school girl has a lot to deal with in her sophomore year when her beloved mother who is a victim of depression remarries, a new brother is acquired, and the family moves to Salt Lake City.

A trip to Mexico to visit the divorced vagabond father whom she idolizes cures fourteen-year-old Jessica of certain illusions and helps her reconstruct her relationship with her mother.

Frannie decides she would rather be a designer than a model in a mother-daughter fashion show, but when her fashion sense goes unappreciated and she is entirely excluded from the event, she tries to find a way to shine.

A mother reassures her little girl there is a way to know that someone far away loves you.

While waiting for her mother to come home from work on Valentine's Day, Heather helps her grandmother rescue a newborn lamb and bake a special cookie.