Summer, 1971. While women demand equality, protests erupt over the Vietnam War, and peace activists march, adolescent Maybe Collins life in quiet Oak Bay is upended by the appearance of her mother, who disappeared nine years earlier. And with her return comes another surprise: shes written a best-selling memoir called The Other Mother, about motherhood and Womens Liberation, which gives only passing reference to Maybes existence. Camille, now an acclaimed author, is distant and confounding, and Maybe tries to piece together her mothers lifewhy she left, the truth behind her famous memoir, and the future of their fractured relationship. As Maybe searches for her place, so do the other women in her life: her independent and unchangeable grandmother, Gigi; her best friends mother, Robin, who struggles with her roles as wife and stay-at-home mother; and Mary Quinn, a successful artist new to Lear Street, who seems to live only by her own rules. Their stories and struggles define how Maybe sees her choices as a woman, and how shell navigate a world that is dramatically shifting every day. But when Maybe discovers that her mother is writing another booka book about her returnthe betrayal is fierce and painful, and Maybe resolves to teach Camille a lesson that will change them all forever. Contributors include: Camila Justino (Toronto, Brazil), Gina Roitman (Saint-Colomban, Germany), Miriam Matejova (Vancouver, Slovakia), Josephine Boxwell (Prince George, the UK), Margaret Nowaczyk (Hamilton, Poland), Diana Manole (Toronto, Romania), Ayelet Tsabari (Toronto, Israel), Kaija Pepper (Vancouver, Russia), Ishita Aqqarwal (Vaughan, India), Aileen Santos (Acton, the Philippines), Kasia Jaronczyk (Guelph, Poland), Jianna Faner (Coquitlam, the Philippines), Onjana Yawnghwe (Vancouver, Thailand), Nadine Bachan (Vancouver, Trinidad), Sarah Munawar (Vancouver, Pakistan), NikNaz K. (Vancouver, Iran), Michelle Doege (Vernon, the US), Nam Kiwanuka (Toronto, Uganda), Jamelie Bachaalani (Edmonton, Lebanon), Fernanda Ponte (Kingston, Portugal), Esmeralda Cabral (Vancouver, Portugal), Siddiqa Sadiq (Chateauguay, Pakistan/Saudi Arabia), Jasmine Sealy (Vancouver, Barbados), Abeer Yusuf (Vancouver, Malaysia)
