The relationship between a mother and a daughter can be one of the strongest bonds there is, but also a fragile one. The mother has an important job, to love and care for this fragile girl, that adores and idolizes her mother. Mothers mold and shape their children out of their expectations, values and demands, which follows them the rest of their lives. As in the short story “A taste of life” by sarah paretsky, you meet Daphne. A neglected child raised by an insecure mother, that could not put her ego aside in order to raise a child. This text is a bitter example of a mother that failed miserably at parenting, leading to immense jealousy and a daughter whose life is now filled with insecurity and solitude.
Daphne has a great job and is crushing it at work. She is loved by her colleagues and is an excellent cook. She has so much good in her life, but she is constantly dragged down by a lifelong scar that haunts her every day. The lifelong search of affection and validation started when Daphne was born. As the text describes Sylvia’s feelings of her child is only superficial “hovering sentimentally over a white clad infant”. Later on, we see how Sylvia let her insecurities take over, and make Daphne pay for being in the spotlight with her. “Mummy wont love you if you don’t eat all of this”, this gives Daphne a lifelong habit of overeating when being insecure. This gives an immense hatred for her mother because of the neglection for her as a child. The lack of love and affection replaces Daphne with food, which leads to an insatiable hunger that can be translated to her hunger of affection.
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