Ryan wants to see them develop a mother-daughter bond, while he builds on his father-son bond with Chris.

On a holiday celebrating maternal ties, they seem a perfect example of a successful mother-daughter bond.

She sees Miriam, so eager to re-establish a mother-daughter bond, as "desperation on toast."

Casey is good at inverting expectations, especially in the mother-daughter bond at the heart of the story.

Now the two characters share a close mother-daughter bond.

Instead, Annie and Arley, and their almost mother-daughter bond, are the focus of the novel.

"Our participation in the sport of swimming is definitely a mother-daughter bond," Lauren said.

Since then, Kay and Jill have made peace and formed a genuine (though sometimes contentious) mother-daughter bond.

Despite several obstacles along the way, the two former enemies began to form a true mother-daughter bond.

But by stripping most of the customary emotions from this mother-daughter bond, Brown shines a light straight through to the heart of it.