I come from a long line of mothers who left their children. What if there exists some sort of genetic family flaw, some kind of “leaving gene” that unexpectedly grabs hold of mothers like the ones in my family?
Chatelaine
Trauma casts a long shadow. Alicia Elliott talks about how her diet, like the diets of so many poor and racialized families, consisted mostly of carbs, dairy and fat.
A grandmother relates her story of growing up with Jewish immigrant parents in early 20th-century America.
Exclusive book excerpt from 'The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy' by Rachel Joyce
A daughter struggles to understand why her mother, a woman studying elephants, would have abandoned her.
