| Dylan and his black buddy, united by motherlessness, inherit a powerful ring from a local derelict. |
| It is a patriarchal society's tradition of enforced motherlessness that is sought to be challenged at the cost of being regarded as an aberrant mother. |
| In fairytales, motherlessness indicates an absence of quality attention and the necessity for men to remarry. |
| One of his observations about the theme of motherlessness in my books, remains for me, the most valuable thing ever said about my work. |
| Motherlessness in my situation was far too closely equated with lovelessness. |
| The springboard for both the main plot and subplot of King Lear, in fact, is adulterous motherlessness, both suspected and admitted. |
