mothers and daughters

The personal, often painful, histories of four Chinese American women who began meeting in San Francisco in 1949 to play mah jong are revealed as the daughter of one who has died searches for her sisters in China to tell them about the mother they never knew.

Anna's life is turned upside-down when her estranged daughter's husband and daughter show up on her doorstep seeking shelter.

Ella tries to give her handicapped daughter Lena a normal life, but when she discovers that Lena has a mind of her own, Ella must contend with letting her daughter go.

Avery MacTavish runs the pizza place right across the street from the Inn BoonsBoro that Owen Montgomery is renovating, and as the two of them cautiously extend their relationship Owen must work at getting her to realize that her first boyfriend is going to be her last.

When Olivia makes a terrible mistake, she is forced to turn to the mother who has never come through for Olivia before, but without her mother's help, Olivia's future hangs in the balance.

Esperanza, told that her daughter has died and not allowed to view the body, refuses to believe the child is dead, and embarks upon a quest--spurred by the words of a saint who appeared to her in the oven door--that challenges her faith and transforms her life.

The story of four strong-willed women of the del Pino family of Havana and of Brooklyn who are divided by conflicting political loyalties.

Cora Jenkins works as a maid to support her family, the only African American family in a small Iowa town. Cora transfers her love for dead daughter to the daughter of her white employer, and Cora's love emboldens her to defy her employer.