Really great column, I’ve definitely had that experience of very limited view points. Ann Leckie’s Provenance has fraught parent-child relationships in it, but more from an adult coming of age and breaking away perspective, not that of the mother. As a genre, romance novels can be better for this, because they are generally more interested in relationships and female relationships specifically. Otherwise you have to find memoirs by writers you enjoy - I like Catherine Newman. But off the top of my head I can’t think of any other examples that haven’t already been noted above (Bujold and Beckie Chambers). Will follow this thread with interest!