Mom's the Word
Mothers in Fiction

In the Name of Salomé by Julia Alvarez
Girl Talk by Julianna Baggott
Hens Dancing by Raffaella Barker
Like Normal People by Karen Bender
Mummy's Legs by Kate Bingham
Redeeming Eve by Nicole Bokat
The Visitor by Maeve Brennan
The Rules of Engagement by Anita Brookner
Half A Heart by Rosellen Brown
How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law by Dorothy Cannell
The Last Time I Saw Mother by Arlene J. Chai
The Mother-in-Law Diaries by Carol Dawson
Mama Pursues Murderous Shadows by Nora DeLoach
Polly's Ghost by Abby Frucht
A Perfect Wife and Mother by Alexandra Frye
Circle of Three by Patricia Gaffney
A Mother and Two Daughters by Gail Godwin
Marrying Mom by Olivia Goldsmith
Notes from the Underbelly by Risa Green
Mama Flora's Family by Alex Haley
Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
Super Mom Saves the World by Melanie Hauser
Ella in Bloom by Shelby Hearon
Kinship Theory by Hester Kaplan
The Autobiography of My Mother by Jamaica Kincaid
Diagnosis of Love by Maggie Leffler
This Heavy Silence by Nicole Mazzarella
Jump at the Sun by Kim McLarin
The Interruption of Everything by Terry McMillan
The Good Mother by Sue Miller
The Brambles by Eliza Minot
The Light of Evening by Edna O’Brien
B-Mother by Maureen O’Brien
Roses for Mama by Janette Oke
MotherKind by Jayne Anne Phillips
The Sunday List of Dreams by Kris Radish
Why Moms are Weird by Pamela Ribon
Like Mother, Like Daughter by Marcia Rose
Household Words by Joan Silber
Off Keck Road by Mona Simpson
The Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan
Mothers and Sons: Stories by Colm T. Tóibín
The Yummy Mummy by Polly Williams
The Sound of Us by Sarah Willis
Piece of Work by Laura Zigman