Daughter Relationship Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

“I amazed myself, above all, with how well I was able to manage. Michel got to school on time, his teeth brushed and his…

— Herman Koch

Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could make the…

— Neal A. Maxwell

“whether it was fortunate or unfortunate for Claire that neither of her parents had left be-hind any relatives suitable for raising her—all had either…

— Elizabeth Bevarly

“It took only one, very quick, perusal of Ramsey Sage for Claire to know everything she needed to know about him. He was completely…

— Elizabeth Bevarly

The pale child, Eve, leading her mother, Night.

— Alexander Smith

“Claire: Once your baby arrives, the world is no more the same than you are. Because from our very bodies we add to the…

— Claire/Mia Fontaine

“I explained my whole theory about parenting being better if it was like a large Italian family having dinner under a tree while children…

— Helen Fielding

“the luxury vacations had come as a personal affront to a woman who had survived the Great Depression, a world war, the death of…

— Karin Slaughter

“But the process of birthing Claire changed what I wanted to write about. It left me feeling betrayed that I'd been unprepared for the…

— Beth Ann Fennelly

“So even though, to the outside world, Claire Willoughby was Simple Pleasures, Inc., Claire knew she was actually little more than window dressing for…

— Elizabeth Bevarly

“People will point to books written about women, by men, and books written by women, and say, ‘Tell me, what is the difference?’ The…

— Shireen Dodson

Candid and searing, Deborah Jiang Stein’s memoir is a remarkable story about identity, lost and found, and about the author’s journey to reclaim—and celebrate—that…

— Mira Bartok