Recs if you like The Autobiography of My Mother...

Fiction & nonfiction books that explore the complexities and traumas of mother-child relationships or in which such relationships play a central role. While many books on this list are what I’d classify as including “mommy issues” there are others that are more about the different perspectives and nuances of the mother-child (often specifically mother-daughter) relationship. Some books center the child, some the mother, some both.

Suggestions are welcome.

Caribbean and diasporic novels, plays, poetry, and non-fiction books.

Enjoy my newest lit series, ‘Reading the World’, in an attempt to diversify your own reading and broaden horizons, I have included a mix of genres. Sensitive topics often lie ahead as history, social and political issues are usually the centre of this writing. Enjoy!

Fiction Books Set in Dominica

Or, “Books that Ross Gay alludes to, mentions, talks about in Inciting Joy.” Please let me know—especially with the poetry collections—if I've misattributed something.