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I found this book one day, I bought it, I read it, and I realized that my Mother actually affected the way I grew up, even if she hadn't been a physical part of my life for so long. I lost my Mother when I was 5. It really didn't bother me, but what do you know when you're 5. I'm not saying that she had a good affect or a bad affect, I just know that there are things that I do because of her. Whether it's because of the things I remember or the things I do so I don't leave my child thinking and feeling the way she left me, I know realize what an affect she truly had on my life.
nicely written, easy to read; a topic on which resources are difficult to find, but a life experience that is shared by so many.
An intense but through guide, Motherless Daughters covers grief, life, and identity issues for women who have lost their mothers. The author includes professional bereavement research and resources including local chapters of Motherless Daughter Groups. i wish she had also written Fahterless daughters as I lost my father.--- Author of the multi-award winning resource guide: Mom Minus Dad: The Essential Resource Guide for Busy Adults with a Newly Widowed Parent
Although those of us that have lost a mother know that nothing can make the pain and longing fully dissolve, this book does a wonderful job letting you know that there are many others sharing a similar pain. I wish I would have gotten it sooner.
It has been five years now and I have re-read parts of this book many times. I lost my mother when I was 23.
I didn't get the book until about two years later when I saw it in a book store in the death and dying section. It was recommended to me from a woman I met while on vacation, about a year after my mothers death.
She, too, had lost her mother at an early age and told me about this book. Hope Edelman is a great writer and seems to be able to capture the feelings of mother loss and put them on paper as well as anyone could.
For those of you who don't know, Hope Edelman has a website and forum for chatting and leaving messages to other woman who have lost their mother.
Have a box of kleenex near by, it will touch your heart. This book helped me to understand the many areas of my life and my thinking that were touched by the aftermath of my mother's illness and death.
I lost my mother to breast cancer when I was 13 years old. I wish this book had been available sooner.
I was the oldest child in the family and was given the task of becoming a caretaker and housekeeper for my father and two younger children. I am now 55.
This book has helped me put the last 42 years of my life into prespective. Anyone looking to understand the legacy of a mother's death should read this book.
Thank you Hope Edelman for baring your soul to bring understanding and healing into other motherless daughter's lives.
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