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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Intergenerational relationships
Missing, dead, disappeared, or otherwise absent mothers haunt us
and the stories we tell ourselves. Our literature, from fairytales
like Cinderella and The Little Mermaid to popular narratives like
Cheryl Strayed's recent book Wild, is peopled with motherless
children. The absent mother, whether in literature or life, may
force us to forge an independent identity. But she can also leave a
mother-shaped hole and a howling loneliness that dogs us through
our adult lives. This anthology explores the theme of absent
mothers from scholars and creative writers, who tell personal
stories and provide the theoretical framework to recognize and
begin to understand the impact of motherlessness that ripples
through our cultures and our art.
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