When nana becomes a mother -- Mad hearts -- Rethinking Salvadorian mothers, suffering, and sacrifice in a transnational context : politics of engagement -- Mothering adult daughters in contemporary Poland : fluctuating scripts of -- Femininity in post-transitional society -- Motherhood and the empty nest : the challenges of letting go -- Prodigal sons and daughters : mothers experiences of adult children -- Returning home -- Mothering adult sons versus daughters : the role of the spouse -- Mothering adult children with special needs : handing in the uniform -- Mothering for life? fractured maternal narratives, care and intellectual -- Disability -- An adult daughter lost in alcohol -- Mothering in war -- The truth is never ideal -- Mothering lost and found adult children -- Dreaming of mothering; waking to joy and tears -- Rules of engagement : grandmothers, daughters and the mothering of mothers -- Generations.