Throughout life we ​​experience and form many relationships and these relationships help define who we are. However, of all the potential relationships, the mother-daughter relationship is the strongest relationship that can be formed. A mother-daughter relationship is made up of all of the following: loving, supportive, encouraging, ambitious, inspiring, emotional and trusting. When reading the books in my Contemporary Women Writers class, the mother-daughter relationship was a key theme throughout. The writers of Beloved, Speaking in Tongues, and Runaway have thoughtfully captured the power of the mother-daughter relationship in a light that highlights this special bond (struggles and triumphs/capacity to consume lives/capacity to self-destruct/capacity to create both). and destroy), demonstrating that these writers share compassion and the value of relationship. Beloved by Toni Morrison depicts the complicated mother-daughter relationship between Sethe and her daughter Denver, as Sethe constantly lives in the past and Denver is ignored. Unfortunately, Denver must grow up alone without the help of her mother who is consumed by her past and by the newest member of their household, Beloved. Found on the side of the road, Beloved had won Sethe's attention and affection. “Sethe was flattered by Beloved’s open and silent devotion.” But Sethe had different expectations of her daughter because “the same adoration of her daughter would have bored her; made him shudder at the thought of raising a ridiculously dependent child. (Morrison, 68) We immediately see that Sethe has higher expectations and aspirations for her daughter, but she fails to convey these aspirations and expectations in the right way. Already I...... middle of paper ...... ran towards Marie as if she were. Marie had a family of her own, two children and a husband, but she worked as a prostitute to earn enough money to buy them a condo. Marie is an unconventional mother, but Tia sees that she is doing everything she can to help her family; falling exactly into the maternal role. After thinking that she was raped by Dezi, Tia immediately runs to look for Marie. Marie checked on Tia to confirm or deny the rape and advised her to run away; to run home.Packer emphasizes the limitless nature of establishing a mother-daughter relationship. Fourteen-year-old Tia was ready to run away to a big city. Not only did Tia not have a plan, but she ended up living with strangers, one of the many things kids are taught not to do. Packer draws attention to a non-existent limit on how far one can go to foster a mother-daughter relationship.