Motherhood & Daughterhood: What it Gives, What it Takes

There is a rich legacy of memoirs on mothering and being mothered, with each generation offering a new perspective on the relationship between mother and child and maternal archetypes—what we owe, let go of, and celebrate. Memoirists Molly Jong-Fast (How to Lose Your Mother), Amanda Hess (Second Life), and Hala Alyan (I’ll Tell You When I’m Home) offer bold new interrogations into the legacies and histories one receives and passes on from ones’ mother figures, moderated by New York Magazine’s Features Writer Lila Shapiro.