Mayan Stevenson Series

This series delves into the complex dynamics between mothers and daughters, weaving together emotional depth and humor. It follows their journeys through shifting landscapes, driven by often conflicting ambitions and an enduring, albeit tested, love. The narratives brilliantly explore the perennial human urge for movement, even amidst disorientation. Ultimately, these stories are powerful studies of familial bonds and the sacrifices made for love.

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Anywhere But Here
Norma I. Quintana
535 pages
19 hours of reading
3.7(303)Add rating
A national bestseller—adapted into a movie starring Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon—Anywhere But Here is the heart-rending tale of a mother and daughter. A moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer, the novel follows the two women as they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions. A brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep moving, even at the risk of profound disorientation, Anywhere But Here is a story about the things we do for love, and a powerful study of familial bonds.
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The Lost Father
Mona Simpson
512 pages
18 hours of reading
In her highly acclaimed first novel, Anywhere But Here , Simpson created one of the most astute yet vulnerable heroines in contemporary fiction. Now Mayan Atassi--once Mayan Stevenson--returns in an immensely powerful novel about love and lovelessness, fathers and fatherlessness, and the loyalties that shape us even when they threaten to destroy us. Now a woman of twenty-eight and finally on her own in medical school, Mayan becomes obsessed with the father she never knew, leading her to hire detectives to dredge up the past, thus eroding her savings, ruining her career, and flirting with madness in a search spanning two continents.

Recommended Reading Order

Anywhere But Here

The Lost Father