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Summary: A Must Have
Review: Regardless of when you lost your mother, this is an essential book for coping with it. It won't take the pain away but it does help you feel like you're not the only who has to deal with this. It helps to verbalize feelings that you may have and don't quite understand. I recommend this to anyone who has lost their mother.
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Summary: Appropriate for ALL motherless daughters . . . .
Review: . . . . regardless of how, when or why your mom died, and regardless of how old you were when it happened OR are now. Like most who read this book, I lost my mother. Like all who read this book who have experienced that loss, I took immense comfort in Edelman's writing. I was "done" with the huge grief and emotional roller-coaster that accompanies the loss of your mother, or I was pretending to be. The truth, reality, and comfort in this book allowed me to recognize that I'll never be "done" grieving, and I can grow as a person without feeling like a weird-o. Edelman's book means so much - motherless daughters can become all our dreams have ever encouraged us to imagine, whether we are kids or adults. Thank you Hope Edelman- this book is worth more than the money I paid for it - an answer to that "what do I do now?" feeling that is beyond words.
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Summary: Very insightful!
Review: This is an excellent book. I could hardly put the book down because almost everything that I read sounded like me. It gave me more insight about myself and my behavior as a result of my mother's death when I was 10. I would highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Motherloss or Fatherloss
Review: Although my mother is still alive, I lost my father eight years ago and have since written "Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads" (Wiley). I found that Edelman's observations and the interviews she shares with us touched on many of the issues of all children who have lost a parent -- clearly the loss of a mother touches on many issues of femininity for women, but many of the issues of trust and safety are the same, and I found this book insightful and informative, as well as comforting.
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Summary: Motherless Daughters
Review: This book is a must read for any woman who has lost their mother especially during their teenage years. Hopes words are honest and real. I have been searching for this book ever since my mother died ten years ago. Both my sister and I were feeling very alone and confused, but at least we had each other. This book helps you to realise that what you are feeling is normal and your fears are real but defeatable. I wish someone had given me this book sooner (preferably before I had become a mother). It is a celebration of the special bond and connection shared between a mother and daughter.
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Summary: Very deep and comforting,
Review: If you are looking for something to explain the emptiness, the hurt and a cure for the loneliness experienced when a daughter (maybe yourself) loses their mother - this is the book to curl up to. I received a copy of "Motherless Daughter's" two days after my mother passed away from cancer. The whole ordeal was traumatic and confusing, but this book has given me hope, understanding and a sense of belonging when loneliness was all I could find.
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Summary: Necessary reading for women and girls who are motherless
Review: Hope Edelman does an excellent job of thoroughly researching a topic that I cannot find at a university library. Her topics touched on various themes and points in a woman's life such as: grieiving the loss of the mother, changing family dynamics, growth and independent identity, lessons learned from mother's death, etc. Especially how this relates to growing up without a woman around to help you learn things in society. Even how it influences and effects relationships with other males and finding a mate. I found it eerily similar to what I've experienced and felt when my own mother died when I was 15. It's a must-read for even significant others too if they are willing to understand their wives, girlfriends and fiances better--I strongly recommend it. In essence, motherless daughters are an exclusive sorority--not many people know what it's like to live the rest of your life without your mom there to guide you. Love you mom, Linda: 1955-1993
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Summary: LOSING A MOTHER IS LIKE LOSING A PART OF YOURSELF
Review: My mother passed away over twenty years ago when I was in my early thirties. She never lived to see me receive my university diploma. She was not here to comfort me through the break up of my first marriage, nor was she here to meet the wonderful, kind loving man who now shares my life. She did not live long enough to know of the birth of her youngest granddaughter or to see what a beautiful young lady she turned out to be. Still, I believe she sees all of this and part of her remains with me each and every day. The loss of a mother, no matter how or when, is a memory that stays with us throughout the years. This book may evoke the pain of losing, but there is also a sense of inspiration and hope found here. For everything we take with us in this world, there is something we leave behind, and the legacy our mothers leave us is not just about loss; it is about making each moment of each day count, about being independent, and through the trials and tribulations of loss, making you a stronger person. The author has researched this topic well, and I would highly recommend "Motherless Daughters" to any daughter who has lost a mother, either through death or separation.
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Summary: Motherless Daughter review
Review: I lost my mother 8 years ago. Each year around the anniversary of her death, I find myself re-reading this book. Though I do find comfort in the shared stories (some of which are hauntingly familiar), the book somehow leaves me wanting "more" on this subject. I do have the "Letters from Motherless Daughters" as well as the "Motherless Daughter Workbook," but neither fill the void that the first book has created. My opinion is that the first book is an excellent starting point...I was so excited when I first spotted this book in my local bookstore - it was the first I had ever seen on this topic. After reading it, I felt a sense of hope that I would one day recover, and what to expect at specific "stages" of recovery. However, I would have liked more detail. All in all, an excellent book, very insightful.
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Summary: Very insightful and helpful book
Review: I lost my mother to breast cancer on October of 1999, at the age of 21. She was only 42 at the time of her death. Desperate to find answers to my questions and a justification for the feelings I was going through, I decided to buy this book after I read that Rosie O'Donell had recommended it. I truly believe that this is THE best book out there for women who have lost their mothers. It is a comprehensive look at what it is like to lose you mother at any age and under varying circumstances. I felt like I had no resources to turn to after I lost my mother, and this was truly my saving grace. When I lost my mother, I felt so very alone, as if I was the only person going through this extreme agony, but this book helped to show me that others had gone through the same very thing. Thank you so much Hope!!!
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