In this episode, we meditate on the complexities of Caribbean motherhood - ladened with a history of patriarchal violence that has architected the tenuous, terrible and beautiful bonds we form with the matriarchs in our lives (and, of course, how these relationships are depicted in Caribbean literature). 

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Book mentioned: Learning To Breathe by Janice-Lynn Mather  Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn  Here Comes The Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn  The Star Side of Birdhill by Naomi Jackson  Working Miracles: Women's Lives in the English-Speaking Caribbean by Olive Senior 

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