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👩‍👧 Troubled Mother

Stories centering women who struggle with the demands, guilt, or trauma of motherhood, revealing the gap between idealized nurturing and raw human reality.
My Phantoms
by Gwendoline Riley • 2021
A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.
3.77
6k+
💔 Difficult Mother🌫️ Emotional Distance🪞 Parental Narcissism
My Phantoms Summary
My Phantoms 89%
A daughter traces her mother's rituals and evasions, searching for the connection that never came.
by Gwendoline Riley 2021
3.77
6k+ ratings
💔 Difficult Mother🌫️ Emotional Distance🪞 Parental Narcissism
A Mouthful of Air
by Amy Koppelman • 2022
She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.
3.37
41
🤱 Postpartum Depression🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔗 Generational Trauma
A Mouthful of Air Summary
A Mouthful of Air 88%
She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.
by Amy Koppelman 2022
3.37
41 ratings
🤱 Postpartum Depression🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔗 Generational Trauma
The Birth Of A Mother
by Daniel N. Stern • 1998
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
3.83
426
👤 Maternal Identity🍼 Postpartum Psychology🔗 Attachment Theory
The Birth Of A Mother Summary
The Birth Of A Mother 88%
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
by Daniel N. Stern 1998
3.83
426 ratings
👤 Maternal Identity🍼 Postpartum Psychology🔗 Attachment Theory
What No One Tells You
by Alexandra Sacks • 2019
New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.
4.00
1k+
🍼 New Motherhood🧠 Maternal Mental Health😕 Maternal Ambivalence
What No One Tells You Summary
What No One Tells You 88%
New motherhood is a second adolescence: your emotional chaos is a feature, not a flaw.
by Alexandra Sacks 2019
4.00
1k+ ratings
🍼 New Motherhood🧠 Maternal Mental Health😕 Maternal Ambivalence
Los seres queridos
by Berta Dávila • 2022
An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.
4.01
871
🖊️ Autofiction🔀 Fragmented Narrative🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood
Los seres queridos Summary
Los seres queridos 88%
An unexpected pregnancy forces a mother to confront the ambivalence she has never spoken aloud.
by Berta Dávila 2022
4.01
871 ratings
🖊️ Autofiction🔀 Fragmented Narrative🫂 Ambivalent Motherhood
Screaming on the Inside
by Jessica Grose • 2022
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
3.47
5k+
🧩 Modern Motherhood😶 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Momfluencer Culture
Screaming on the Inside Summary
Screaming on the Inside 88%
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
by Jessica Grose 2022
3.47
5k+ ratings
🧩 Modern Motherhood😶 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Momfluencer Culture
It Never Ends
by Nan Gefen • 2017
Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.
4.75
4
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🧓 Aging Parents🔄 Role Reversal
It Never Ends Summary
It Never Ends 88%
Mothering grown daughters: why silence hurts and how to reconnect without overstepping.
by Nan Gefen 2017
4.75
4 ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🧓 Aging Parents🔄 Role Reversal
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons
by Meg Meeker • 2014
Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.
3.91
3k+
👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship✝️ Christian Parenting🧠 Emotional Intelligence
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons Summary
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons 88%
Your son will eventually fight you. How to survive the battle and raise a man you admire.
by Meg Meeker 2014
3.91
3k+ ratings
👩‍👦 Mother-Son Relationship✝️ Christian Parenting🧠 Emotional Intelligence
A Mouthful Of Air
by Amy Koppelman • 2003
The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.
3.57
1k+
🤰 Postpartum Depression🪞 Generational Trauma💔 Marriage Under Strain
A Mouthful Of Air Summary
A Mouthful Of Air 88%
The smile of a Manhattan mother hides suicide scars, and a depression intent on finishing the job.
by Amy Koppelman 2003
3.57
1k+ ratings
🤰 Postpartum Depression🪞 Generational Trauma💔 Marriage Under Strain
Earth to Moon
by Moon Unit Zappa • 2024
She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.
4.20
3k+
🎬 Celebrity Childhood🎨 Bohemian Childhood👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
Earth to Moon Summary
Earth to Moon 88%
She called her rock star father Frank. Her mother brought the chaos. Becoming herself took decades.
by Moon Unit Zappa 2024
4.20
3k+ ratings
🎬 Celebrity Childhood🎨 Bohemian Childhood👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds
The Push
by Ashley Audrain • 2021
A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.
4.04
448k+
🔗 Generational Trauma🧠 Psychological Suspense🏠 Domestic Suspense
The Push Summary
The Push 88%
A new mother fears her daughter is dangerous, but her husband thinks she's the problem.
by Ashley Audrain 2021
4.04
448k+ ratings
🔗 Generational Trauma🧠 Psychological Suspense🏠 Domestic Suspense
Being There
by Erica Komisar • 2026
The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.
3.87
46
🧠 Early Childhood Development🔗 Attachment Theory💼 Working Mothers
Being There Summary
Being There 88%
The critical window for emotional health is the first three years. Only a mother fills it.
by Erica Komisar 2026
3.87
46 ratings
🧠 Early Childhood Development🔗 Attachment Theory💼 Working Mothers
Hermit
by Chris McQueer • 2025
A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.
4.15
1k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
Hermit Summary
Hermit 88%
A Glasgow hermit follows his only friend into an online brotherhood that wants real-world violence.
by Chris McQueer 2025
4.15
1k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Working Class🧬 Generational Trauma👩‍👦 Mother Son Bond
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough
by Abbey Strauss • 2011
When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.
4.33
3
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🏚️ Family Dysfunction🚧 Boundary Setting
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough Summary
Daughters Who Are Never Good Enough 88%
When your mother charms everyone but you: the tools for setting limits and healing old wounds.
by Abbey Strauss 2011
4.33
3 ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Relationships🏚️ Family Dysfunction🚧 Boundary Setting
Pearl
by Siân Hughes • 2023
A mother vanishes, leaving her daughter folk songs, rituals, and an unanswerable question.
3.84
7k+
🕯️ Missing Mother🖤 Inherited Grief🌿 Folk Grief Rituals
Pearl Summary
Pearl 87%
A mother vanishes, leaving her daughter folk songs, rituals, and an unanswerable question.
by Siân Hughes 2023
3.84
7k+ ratings
🕯️ Missing Mother🖤 Inherited Grief🌿 Folk Grief Rituals
Her First Lie
by Lucinda Berry • 2026
A secret birth. A hidden infant. A new mother whose past is more dangerous than discovery.
3.88
16k+
🧠 Psychological Suspense🥀 Dark Family Secrets👶 Secret Baby
Her First Lie Summary
Her First Lie 87%
A secret birth. A hidden infant. A new mother whose past is more dangerous than discovery.
by Lucinda Berry 2026
3.88
16k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Suspense🥀 Dark Family Secrets👶 Secret Baby
Strong As a Mother
by Kate Rope • 2018
Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.
4.03
1k+
🧠 Maternal Mental Health👶 New Motherhood🤝 Co-Parenting
Strong As a Mother Summary
Strong As a Mother 87%
Your baby has enough books. Here's the one about you, from pregnancy through postpartum.
by Kate Rope 2018
4.03
1k+ ratings
🧠 Maternal Mental Health👶 New Motherhood🤝 Co-Parenting
The Perfect Child
by Lucinda Berry • 2019
A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.
4.01
220k+
🧠 Psychological Horror🏠 Domestic Thriller👧 Disturbed Child
The Perfect Child Summary
The Perfect Child 87%
A couple adopts a traumatized child whose disturbing behavior threatens to destroy their family.
by Lucinda Berry 2019
4.01
220k+ ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🏠 Domestic Thriller👧 Disturbed Child
The Memory Palace
by Mira Bartok • 2011
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
3.55
8k+
💔 Childhood Trauma🎨 Art As Refuge🧠 Memory And Identity
The Memory Palace Summary
The Memory Palace 87%
She lost her memory. She found her schizophrenic mother's paintings. A reunion in art.
by Mira Bartok 2011
3.55
8k+ ratings
💔 Childhood Trauma🎨 Art As Refuge🧠 Memory And Identity
Discovering the Inner Mother
by Bethany Webster • 2021
How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.
3.86
1k+
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧒 Inner Child Healing
Discovering the Inner Mother Summary
Discovering the Inner Mother 87%
How to break the mother-daughter patterns that keep you small, without blaming your mother.
by Bethany Webster 2021
3.86
1k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Dynamics🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🧒 Inner Child Healing
Difficult Mothers
by Terri Apter • 2012
A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.
3.82
479
👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships🔗 Attachment Theory💔 Emotional Neglect
Difficult Mothers Summary
Difficult Mothers 87%
A difficult mother's power outlasts childhood. Rewriting the story in your head finally breaks it.
by Terri Apter 2012
3.82
479 ratings
👩‍👧 Maternal Relationships🔗 Attachment Theory💔 Emotional Neglect
Saving Noah
by Lucinda Berry • 2017
Her teenage son arrested for child molestation, a mother must decide whether to help him die.
3.90
173k+
🏠 Domestic Thriller🧠 Psychological Family Drama💊 Assisted Suicide
Saving Noah Summary
Saving Noah 87%
Her teenage son arrested for child molestation, a mother must decide whether to help him die.
by Lucinda Berry 2017
3.90
173k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Thriller🧠 Psychological Family Drama💊 Assisted Suicide
Ambitious Like a Mother
by Lara Bazelon • 2022
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
3.58
164
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering
Ambitious Like a Mother Summary
Ambitious Like a Mother 87%
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
by Lara Bazelon 2022
3.58
164 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering
I'm Glad My Mom Died
by Jennette McCurdy • 2022
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
4.43
1.6M+
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir
I'm Glad My Mom Died Summary
I'm Glad My Mom Died 87%
Her mother made her a star. Her mother's death forced her to become a person.
by Jennette McCurdy 2022
4.43
1.6M+ ratings
👩‍👧 Toxic Mother🥀 Eating Disorder Memoir🌟 Celebrity Memoir
Her One Regret
by Donna Freitas • 2025
A mother disappears from a parking lot, leaving her baby and a secret confession of regret.
3.50
12k+
💔 Maternal Regret🔍 Missing Mother Mystery🤫 Secrets Among Friends
Her One Regret Summary
Her One Regret 87%
A mother disappears from a parking lot, leaving her baby and a secret confession of regret.
by Donna Freitas 2025
3.50
12k+ ratings
💔 Maternal Regret🔍 Missing Mother Mystery🤫 Secrets Among Friends
Dearest
by Jacquie Walters • 2024
Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.
3.50
15k+
🖤 Postpartum Horror🔗 Generational Curse👶 Haunted Motherhood
Dearest Summary
Dearest 87%
Alone with her newborn, her sleep paralysis has returned. Something in the nursery is answering.
by Jacquie Walters 2024
3.50
15k+ ratings
🖤 Postpartum Horror🔗 Generational Curse👶 Haunted Motherhood
Die, My Love
by Ariana Harwicz • 2012
Deep in the French countryside, a mother's devotion frays into something feral and dangerous.
3.42
14k+
🐺 Maternal Ambivalence🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Mental Unraveling
Die, My Love Summary
Die, My Love 87%
Deep in the French countryside, a mother's devotion frays into something feral and dangerous.
by Ariana Harwicz 2012
3.42
14k+ ratings
🐺 Maternal Ambivalence🌀 Unreliable Narrator💔 Mental Unraveling
Mom & Me & Mom
by Maya Angelou • 2013
After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.
4.22
27k+
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation🌪️ Flawed Mothers🩹 Generational Healing
Mom & Me & Mom Summary
Mom & Me & Mom 87%
After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.
by Maya Angelou 2013
4.22
27k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation🌪️ Flawed Mothers🩹 Generational Healing
Evil Eye
by Etaf Rum • 2023
A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.
3.93
25k+
🕳️ Generational Trauma💭 Mother Daughter Rift💔 Unhappy Marriage
Evil Eye Summary
Evil Eye 87%
A Palestinian-American mother reckons with the silence her family has carried for generations.
by Etaf Rum 2023
3.93
25k+ ratings
🕳️ Generational Trauma💭 Mother Daughter Rift💔 Unhappy Marriage
Good Enough Is the New Perfect
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie • 2011
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
3.40
191
👩‍💼 Working Mothers😔 Mom Guilt⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Good Enough Is the New Perfect Summary
Good Enough Is the New Perfect 87%
Good enough beats perfect: a working mom's guide to dropping the guilt and keeping the career.
by Becky Beaupre Gillespie 2011
3.40
191 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Mothers😔 Mom Guilt⚖️ Work-Life Balance
Releasing the Mother Load
by Erica Djossa • 2024
The mental load of motherhood is invisible and exhausting. How to share it and reclaim yourself.
3.92
312
👻 Invisible Labor🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔍 Intensive Mothering
Releasing the Mother Load Summary
Releasing the Mother Load 87%
The mental load of motherhood is invisible and exhausting. How to share it and reclaim yourself.
by Erica Djossa 2024
3.92
312 ratings
👻 Invisible Labor🧠 Maternal Mental Health🔍 Intensive Mothering
Loved and Missed
by Susie Boyt • 2023
Her daughter lost to addiction, a teacher raises her granddaughter while facing her own mortality.
4.28
7k+
🫂 Found Family💔 Mother-Daughter Rift🏚️ Family Addiction
Loved and Missed Summary
Loved and Missed 87%
Her daughter lost to addiction, a teacher raises her granddaughter while facing her own mortality.
by Susie Boyt 2023
4.28
7k+ ratings
🫂 Found Family💔 Mother-Daughter Rift🏚️ Family Addiction
En attendant Bojangles
by Olivier Bourdeaut • 2016
A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.
4.23
20k+
🎪 Eccentric Family🎭 Tragicomic Tone🏥 Psychiatric Hospital
En attendant Bojangles Summary
En attendant Bojangles 87%
A boy's family dances on the edge of joy and madness, until the music finally stops.
by Olivier Bourdeaut 2016
4.23
20k+ ratings
🎪 Eccentric Family🎭 Tragicomic Tone🏥 Psychiatric Hospital
Understanding the Borderline Mother
by Christine Ann Lawson • 2000
Your borderline mother's chaos follows four patterns. Recognize hers and finally heal.
4.41
3k+
👩‍👧 Borderline Mothers🌑 Mother Wound🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing
Understanding the Borderline Mother Summary
Understanding the Borderline Mother 87%
Your borderline mother's chaos follows four patterns. Recognize hers and finally heal.
by Christine Ann Lawson 2000
4.41
3k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Borderline Mothers🌑 Mother Wound🩹 Emotional Abuse Healing
I Can Fix This
by Kristina Kuzmic • 2024
Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.
4.65
2k+
📉 Child Mental Health👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir😔 Parental Guilt
I Can Fix This Summary
I Can Fix This 87%
Dismantling the lies that keep parents stuck when a child is in crisis.
by Kristina Kuzmic 2024
4.65
2k+ ratings
📉 Child Mental Health👩‍👦 Parenting Memoir😔 Parental Guilt
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything
by Rachael "Steak" Finley • 2022
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
4.55
819
🏚️ Childhood Neglect💊 Parental Addiction📸 Toxic Fame
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything Summary
Nobody Ever Told Me Anything 87%
She raised herself, beat cancer twice, survived fame's cruelty, and then motherhood blindsided her.
by Rachael "Steak" Finley 2022
4.55
819 ratings
🏚️ Childhood Neglect💊 Parental Addiction📸 Toxic Fame
Little Disasters
by Sarah Vaughan • 2020
Her best friend's baby has a skull fracture, and the mother's story doesn't add up.
3.61
18k+
😱 Domestic Thriller🔍 Psychological Suspense😰 Postpartum Anxiety
Little Disasters Summary
Little Disasters 87%
Her best friend's baby has a skull fracture, and the mother's story doesn't add up.
by Sarah Vaughan 2020
3.61
18k+ ratings
😱 Domestic Thriller🔍 Psychological Suspense😰 Postpartum Anxiety
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
by Michele Filgate • 2019
Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.
3.74
19k+
📝 Personal Essays👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds🗝️ Family Secrets
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Summary
What My Mother and I Don't Talk About 87%
Fifteen writers give voice to what they could never tell the woman who raised them.
by Michele Filgate 2019
3.74
19k+ ratings
📝 Personal Essays👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bonds🗝️ Family Secrets
Grace, Not Perfection
by Emily Ley • 2016
Motherhood was never a performance. Systems and faith for the woman ready to stop striving.
4.00
7k+
🕊️ Christian Motherhood💛 Anti-Perfectionism🏠 Decluttering
Grace, Not Perfection Summary
Grace, Not Perfection 87%
Motherhood was never a performance. Systems and faith for the woman ready to stop striving.
by Emily Ley 2016
4.00
7k+ ratings
🕊️ Christian Motherhood💛 Anti-Perfectionism🏠 Decluttering
Told You So
by Mayci Neeley • 2025
Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.
3.60
45k+
🏔️ Mormon Memoir⛪ Religious Trauma🙏 Faith Deconstruction
Told You So Summary
Told You So 87%
Caught between her boyfriend's abuse and her church, a young Mormon athlete fights to survive.
by Mayci Neeley 2025
3.60
45k+ ratings
🏔️ Mormon Memoir⛪ Religious Trauma🙏 Faith Deconstruction
Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday
by Valerie Woerner • 2019
Grace over guilt, rest over exhaustion: a Christian mother's way back to joy.
4.26
2k+
🕊️ Christian Motherhood🙏 Grace-Based Parenting😔 Mom Guilt
Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday Summary
Grumpy Mom Takes a Holiday 87%
Grace over guilt, rest over exhaustion: a Christian mother's way back to joy.
by Valerie Woerner 2019
4.26
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Christian Motherhood🙏 Grace-Based Parenting😔 Mom Guilt
Touched Out
by Amanda Montei • 2023
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
4.18
425
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work
Touched Out Summary
Touched Out 87%
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
by Amanda Montei 2023
4.18
425 ratings
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work
Mother Hunger
by Kelly McDaniel • 2021
Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.
4.08
6k+
🩹 Mother Wound🔗 Attachment Repair🕳️ Emotional Neglect
Mother Hunger Summary
Mother Hunger 87%
Your unexplainable hunger for love is a maternal wound, and it heals without her apology.
by Kelly McDaniel 2021
4.08
6k+ ratings
🩹 Mother Wound🔗 Attachment Repair🕳️ Emotional Neglect
Nightbitch
by Rachel Yoder • 2021
A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.
3.42
89k+
😤 Maternal Rage🐺 Animal Transformation🩸 Body Horror
Nightbitch Summary
Nightbitch 87%
A stay-at-home mom's transformation into a dog awakens a wildness she thought motherhood had erased.
by Rachel Yoder 2021
3.42
89k+ ratings
😤 Maternal Rage🐺 Animal Transformation🩸 Body Horror
Bad Things Happened in This Room
by Marie Still • 2025
She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.
3.33
750
🧠 Psychological Horror🏡 Domestic Gothic🤯 Unreliable Narrator
Bad Things Happened in This Room Summary
Bad Things Happened in This Room 87%
She's trapped in a house where a room whispers of a crime she can't recall.
by Marie Still 2025
3.33
750 ratings
🧠 Psychological Horror🏡 Domestic Gothic🤯 Unreliable Narrator
Nothing Holds Back the Night
by Delphine de Vigan • 2011
After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.
4.35
25k+
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir📖 Family Biography🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma
Nothing Holds Back the Night Summary
Nothing Holds Back the Night 87%
After her mother died, a daughter unpacks the delusions and the family secrets that fueled them.
by Delphine de Vigan 2011
4.35
25k+ ratings
🧠 Mental Illness Memoir📖 Family Biography🕸️ Intergenerational Trauma
Is Mother Dead
by Vigdis Hjorth • 2020
After thirty years away, an artist stalks her elderly mother through the streets of Oslo.
3.86
8k+
🖤 Maternal Estrangement🎨 Artist Protagonist👁️ Obsessive Surveillance
Is Mother Dead Summary
Is Mother Dead 87%
After thirty years away, an artist stalks her elderly mother through the streets of Oslo.
by Vigdis Hjorth 2020
3.86
8k+ ratings
🖤 Maternal Estrangement🎨 Artist Protagonist👁️ Obsessive Surveillance
The Women Behind the Door
by Roddy Doyle • 2024
A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.
3.47
2k+
🖤 Generational Trauma💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict🍵 Recovering Alcoholic
The Women Behind the Door Summary
The Women Behind the Door 87%
A recovering alcoholic in pandemic Dublin opens her door to find her capable daughter falling apart.
by Roddy Doyle 2024
3.47
2k+ ratings
🖤 Generational Trauma💔 Mother-Daughter Conflict🍵 Recovering Alcoholic
The Liars' Club
by Mary Karr • 1995
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
3.94
72k+
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents
The Liars' Club Summary
The Liars' Club 87%
The Liars' Club drank and told stories. Their daughters had a story too dangerous to share.
by Mary Karr 1995
3.94
72k+ ratings
🏚️ Southern Memoir🔧 Working Class Memoir🍺 Alcoholic Parents
La maison des mensonges
by John Marrs • 2020
Her daughter keeps her chained in the attic, feeding and bathing her, holding the key.
4.01
219k+
🏠 Domestic Thriller🖤 Toxic Mother-Daughter💔 Generational Trauma
La maison des mensonges Summary
La maison des mensonges 87%
Her daughter keeps her chained in the attic, feeding and bathing her, holding the key.
by John Marrs 2020
4.01
219k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Thriller🖤 Toxic Mother-Daughter💔 Generational Trauma
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