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Mina’s father flouted strictures; Sade’s mother subjugated herself to them — that is, until Sade went to jail on a serious felony and compassion for her daughter awakened her long-dormant maternal loyalty.

Earlier cancer screenings, better chronic disease control, lower maternal mortality, more substance use disorder treatment: We know that Medicaid saves lives.

But here she is ambivalent both about the maternal role and even, at times, about her daughter.

There are early signs of buffoonery involving a maternal wig.

For much of his childhood — which included stints in Bolivia and in the northern Peruvian city of Piura, with his maternal grandparents — Vargas Llosa presumed his father to be dead.