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“We must do as we're told," Ava reminded her. "We will honor your mother and follow her instructions." "Because she is your maker?" Lea asked, her heart breaking. Ava shook her head. "Because she is yours.”

Book:The World That We Knew

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The World That We Knew

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Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is a renowned American contemporary novelist, born on March 16, 1952. Her works are known for their dreamlike narrative style and rich imagination, which have won her a large following among readers. more

“From my research and experience, the answer is clear: Father is revolving around Mother like a planet around the sun. The narcissist needs to be married to a spouse who will allow her to be at the center of all the action. That is how it has to be if the marriage is to survive. In the family drama, the narcissist is the star, and her spouse takes a supporting role.”

Mother Abuse Mothers Narcissism Abusive Relationships Narcissistic Mothers Abusive Mothers

Book:Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

Source: Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers

“My mom would always say, "My job is to feed your body, feed your spirit, and feed your mind.”

Mothers Parenting Advice Raising A Child Feed Your Mind

Book:Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Source: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

“when a woman herself becomes pregnant, it is as if she links directly back into an intact matrilineal network where all the mothers, all the wombs, all the foetuses and infants are connected. This does something peculiar to maternal temporality: it has the ability to stretch time out in linear directions to the distant past and future, and equally to concertina in upon itself to a point that is always in the present. Folding out, folding in, the past and the future, hinged together like delicate butterfly wings. In the way that matryoshka dolls can be opened out and displayed in a long line from smallest to biggest, or packed one inside the other, becoming one body, one space, one time.”

Motherhood Mothers Maternal Love Maternal Influence

Book:Mother in the Mother: Looking Back, Looking Forward - Women's Reflections on Maternal Lineage

Source: Mother in the Mother: Looking Back, Looking Forward - Women's Reflections on Maternal Lineage