AMANDA MONTEI: The mother-daughter relationship really fascinates me: the daughter as simulacrum for the mother, the mother as a kind of broken promise to the daughter-- broken because motherhood is so illusory. Mothers are difficult for daughters because, whatever our level of intimacy with them, they teach us about the domestic scene and femininity, those types of violence, but also that curious mix of protest and real love found in each of her acts of care.