Literature serves as a vehicle for communicating our thoughts, feelings, and knowledge to others. There are several works, narratives, and plays in the literature that depicts parental-child interactions. One of the most basic human relationship is the bond between parents and their offspring. Mothers and fathers care for their young sons and daughters on both a physical and emotional level. To be specific, the mother-daughter relationship is the most intimate relationship a girl can have. Relationships between mothers and daughters can be complicated, but they are also filled with compassion and love. Their relation frequently appears to be on an on-off track, which seems distant than they are. The present paper aims to study the mother-daughter relationship in the novel Virginia Woolf in Manhattan, published in 2014, authored by Maggie Gee, a renowned British writer. The research will be done keeping in mind the sensitivity of the bond mother and a teenage daughter. In the select novel, Angela is a working mother who has a school-going daughter, Greda. Their relationship takes a turn from when an outsider enters in between their relationship, thus makes Greda grow against her mother, as she develops a feeling of insecurity and jealousy.
Key words: mother-daughter, complicated, intimate relationship, jealousy, insecurity
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