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At the start of Amy Tan’s novel The Kitchen God’s Wife, the protagonist, Pearl, says, “Whenever my mother talks to me, she begins the conversation as if we were already in the middle of an argument.” At some point, most of us have been Pearl. We’ve equally ducked our mother’s kisses and craved her attention. We’ve been besotted and embarrassed by her. We’ve followed her rules and questioned them. We’ve missed her after she’s gone. Our relationships with our mothers and mother figures are complex, but through their love and care, we can begin to discover who we are.
