it’s complicated: mother-child relationships
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.






Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.






Mystery Meats: To Satisfy That Special Hunger
Deep, dark hunger for the cloying sweetness of a meat that will never satisfy. The inescapable temptation of taboo to distract from the underlining dissatisfaction of life. The dark analogy of emotional desire manifesting as a physical hunger for the other.
Ever wanted to eat some mystery meat? Take a bite of this list and you might come close enough to that feeling, whether it's literal or metaphorical. ~~ Credit to the incredible @mother.horror on instagram for the inspiration for this list!





