mothers and daughters

Fifteen-year-old Tru, longing to be a poet, is torn between her mother's seemingly rigid values and the more liberal views of the talented but irresponsible father that she finally comes to meet.

When Phyllis, the grandmother who has always taken care of her while her parents were at work, moves to Florida, eleven-year-old Libby finds it difficult to adjust to the changes in her daily life.

Although tough-talking Harry Sue Clotkin would like to start a life of crime in order to be "sent up" and find her incarcerated mother, she must first protect the children at her neglectful grandmother's home day care center and befriend a paralyzed boy.

Shirley plans to run a catering business as a summer money-making enterprise, but her determination to keep it a secret from her mother causes some complicated situations.

Eleven-year-old Skye, who has spent most of her life on the road with her mother, finally discovers what it is like to have a real home and family when her mother marries and leaves Skye with her grandfather.

When her father dies, seventeen-year-old Dallas must cope not only with her grief, but also with her mother's sudden and total dependence upon her.

Rosy's mother remembers the pleasures of her childhood in Jamaica and the very special dolls she used to play with.

A novel that tells the stories of two Jamaican women: Ida, a romantic who dreams of a life beyond her small town, and May, Ida's daughter fathered by actor Errol Flynn.

When a treasured pinata is threatened, little Lupita discovers that she is big enough to help her mother.