We Didn't Talk About This, Mom

The compiler of this collection, Margarita Bakina, is a coach, corporate trainer, and psychologist with 27 years of experience. Each of us has experiences, unresolved questions, and just difficult topics that we have never discussed with our mothers. For some, fear, shame, or misunderstanding gets in the way. Unspoken problems have created a chasm in communication with our mothers, and we feel that we can no longer bridge it.

This collection features life stories written in the first person. Their authors are ordinary people who decided to speak about what they had kept silent about with their mothers for years. Their monologues are examples of courage and openness. Misunderstanding, criticism, jealousy, domestic violence, self-harm—these are just a small part of the issues they voiced. Their stories are filled with pain, love, anger, and forgiveness.