Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss
by:
Hope Edelman (author)
An instant bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, Hope Edelman's Motherless Daughters explores the myriad ways that losing a mother can affect almost every aspect and passage of a woman's life. First published a decade ago, it is still the book that motherless daughters of all ages look to...
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An instant bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, Hope Edelman's Motherless Daughters explores the myriad ways that losing a mother can affect almost every aspect and passage of a woman's life. First published a decade ago, it is still the book that motherless daughters of all ages look to for understanding and comfort and that they press into each other's hands. Building on interviews with hundreds of mother- loss survivors, this life-affirming book is now newly expanded to reflect the author's personal experience with the continued legacy of mother loss; now married and a mother of young children herself, Edelman better understands how the effects of mother loss change over time and in light of new relationships. A work of stunning courage and honesty, Motherless Daughters is a must read for the millions of women whose mothers have gone, but whose need for healing, mourning, and mothering remains. It is a timeless classic.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780738210261 (0738210269)
ASIN: 738210269
Publish date: March 21st 2006
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Pages no: 390
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Health,
Family,
Self Help,
Psychology,
Inspirational,
Womens,
Mental Health,
Death,
Relationships
My mother died the day before my first law school final. Hope Edelman says, in this book, that partway through college she had a weird urge to walk up to strangers and tell them, “My mother died when I was seventeen,” because she recognized that this fact about herself, this fact that alienated her...
I bought this book as I am struggling to come to terms with losing my Mum just over a year ago. This book was one that popped up in the sidebar of GoodReads as I was adding some of my books on here. I immediately ordered it and as soon as it arrived began reading. I could not put it down. It's one o...