Mothers & daughters / [electronic resource] by Carol Saline and Sharon J. Wohlmuth.

Alyce Michaud, her daughter, Pepper Michaud Herman, her daughter, Valerie Herman Rodriguez, and her daughter, Marly Alyce Rodriguez -- Carol Murphy and her daughter, Alixandra Matalavage -- Anne Guisewite and her daughter, Cathy Guisewite -- Regina Tepfer and her mother, Rose Farro -- Barbara Jo Saler and her daughters, Amy, Susan, Alexandra and Stephanie Saler -- Rosemary Kelly and her daughter, Shawn Kelly -- Jennifer Moluf and her daughter, Cindy Crawford -- Louise Nalli and her daughter, Jacqueline Nalli -- Jeanette LoPiccolo and her daughter, Maria Busciacco, and her daughter, Deanna Busciacco -- Janet Leigh and her daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis -- Adah Askew and her daughter, Jill Bargonetti -- Ada Balmaseda and her daughters, Elaine Alatriste and Liz Balmaseda -- Janet Hauerken and her daughter, Michelle Fryman -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her daughter, Jane Ginsberg -- Greta White Calfe and her daughter, Verle Morning Star Sayler -- Brenda Villa and her daughters, Christina and Amanda -- Yasminka Rukavina and her daughter, Tatjana Rukavina -- Margaret Atwood and her daughter, Margaret Atwood -- Laureda Byers and her stepdaughter, Alison Byers --

Eleanor Cogshall and her daughter, Susan Erb -- Eleanor Blair and her daughter, Bonnie Blair -- Petra Liljestrand and Alice Philipson and their daughter, Maya -- Darlene Davenport and her daughter, Susan Davenport -- Nora Cashion and her daughters, Madeline and Bridget McMahon -- Lila Bishop and her daughter, Tara Bishop -- Edna Austin and her daughter, Patti Austin -- Marjorie Margolies Mezvinsky and her daughters, Holy Mezvinsky and Lee Heh Margolies -- Anna Davis and her daughter, Diana Garrett -- Lynn Redgrave and her daughters, Kelly and Annabel Redgrave Clark -- Irene Rawlings and her daughter, Liz Rawlings -- Elsa Malmud and her daughters, Anne and Susan Malmud -- Dolly Earl and Barbara Nelson and their daughter, Lea Jayne Ferrer -- Lindy Boggs and her daughter, Cokie Roberts -- Ann Clark, her daughter, Catherine Clark Schwartz, andd granddaughters, Rebecca and Hannah -- Gwen Sherman and her daughter, Amber Sherman -- Sharon Cantrell and her daughters, Christi Driver, Lori Sommerfeld and Betsy McLaughlin -- Kate Shupe and her daughters, Joan, Nettie, Helen, Mary Lee, Lula Kate, Jane, Sally, Edith and Maria.

"The profoundly personal experiences of the women portrayed in these original essays and photographs illuminate a relationship that is awe-inspiring in its power and depth. Some of these women are well known: Cindy Crawford, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Margaret Atwood, and Jamie Lee Curtis all speak of their own relationships in these pages. There is also wisdom to be found in the words of a ninety-six-year-old great-grandmother with her nine daughters; a mother and daughter who have fled the war in Bosnia for an uncertain future in New York; and a woman who received a kidney transplant as a last gift from her dying mother. Whether the speakers are famous or not, their stories and portraits express universal feelings of tenderness, pride, and a love so fierce that it is sometimes painful. Mothers and Daughters is a stunning and evocative tribute to this unbreakable bond."--BOOK JACKET.