Hope Edelman is the author of Motherless Daughters, a wonderful book on mother loss and how it effects girls/women.
Motherless Daughters was a very important book. Women who lost their moms physically and many whose mothers are still alive but not in their lives in a meaningful way found great comfort reading Edelman's words. Her book inspired many Motherless Daughter's groups and much healing came as a result of it. I recently gave it as a gift to a new friend who shared with me how she lost her mother at age four.
While Motherless Daughters was full of anecdotes and personal stories it had a very rational journalistic vibe. My favorite parts of the book were when Edelman broke apart from the journalism and shared her own personal stories. I wanted more of that.
I think I'm really going to love The Possibility of Everything.
Pre-order The Possibility of Everything here.
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After reading the review of Motherless Daughters by Cathleen M. Walker at Amazon, I know I need to read this book. (And I agree that a Fatherless Daughters in the same vein would also possibly be helpful, as another reviewer suggested.) But, am I ready to have that huge wound stabbed again, even if it is for debridement? It's like a necessary surgery that can be put off for a while if you have no one to take care of the day to day things for your child while you are going through the operation and the recuperation period. I guess.
Mine is on its way. Love all things Hope.
Done! Bless you.
Sounds like a book I should read, but like Georgia said, do I really want to right now?
Sounds good.
Am looking foward to reading this book.
You have no idea how much I need this book right now.
Strange how that works.
Thank you.
Hmmn, I never thought of motherless daughters as those who do not have meaningful relationships with their mothers. I need to check this book out.
Hmmmmm. Do you feel like Oprah, Mrs. O'N? (I ordered Motherless Daughters today.) ;)
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