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Summary: This book fills in the missing link of lost love.
Review: This is the first book I have ever seen about the loss of a mother and the daughter left behind. It opened my eyes a lot and helped me realize why there is such an unfilled void and mystery that will never be satisfied about losing a mother, especially at a young age. Not knowing her as a healthy person is a trauma in itself but the missing values and social skills are definitely carried on through the rest of a persons life. The feeling of never quite fitting in or being socially acceptable will always be a part of this life but I have come to find it is also an inner strenth and allows me to follow my own thoughts and feelings. I am grateful to the author for writing the book because in reading about others with similar experience makes me feel not so alone with the tragedy, as it is something I very seldom talk about to anyone. I would like to thank everyone involved in the writing and publishing of the book and am very happy I read it.One question I have is I haven't seen one written for young boys either and wonder if the author has given this any thought. LaVerne Cline Elsie1@gotnet.com
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Summary: a wonderful book for beginning the recovery from motherloss.
Review: This is the first book I found that REALLY helped me begin to cope with the death of my mother five years ago. Hope is intelligent and articulate and has found the commonalities in girl's/women's responses to motherloss and ways in which they have learned to cope. It has BEEN extremely helpful to hear their stories. I highly recommend this book. I was 24 when my mother died of cancer at 54. After five years I am finally ready to take on the task of grieving and moving forward. Good luck to all of you out their looking for help. You are not alone.
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Summary: Great book on a very important topic
Review: Hope, has brought into the light a very, very painful and life altering experience for women at any age. My mother's mother died when she was in her early fifties. My mother never recovered from that loss, and she died 14 years later. I was 25, an only child of a single parent when she died. Hope's book helped to validate my feelings and make me feel that I am not alone in this increadible and frequently lonely journey. Thank you Hope!
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Summary: Wonderful! A Must for Motherless Daughters!
Review: This book was powerful. Having lost my mother to cancer 17 years ago, when I was just 16, this book let me know I am not alone. The helpful insight into various Motherless Daughter's situations also helped in knowing that many of us have different stories and different themes. There is something for everyone. I highly recommend this book and its companion book, "Letters from Motherless Daughters."
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Summary: The book help me relize I'm not alone.
Review: I felt the book very helpful because I had all kinds of feeling and thoughts and the book helped answer most of them. I'm glad she talked about if your mother was alive but had another mental or other problem such as alcohol. My mother was an alcoholic and I use to feel it was my fault and I had to be the perfect child even though I wasn't the oldest. I'm not just a motherless daughter but a fatherless one too. I wish it would have gone into the subject if both parents die early in your life. But I also realize it doesn't happen very often.
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Summary: Learning I wasn't alone meant the most
Review: I resisted buying this book because I grew up feeling that I should just "get over it." I'm in my early 30's and my mother died when I was 17 months old. As wonderful as my father is, I have always felt the void of my mother's absence in my life, and more so as I get older. "Motherless Daughters" taught me that my feelings are not unique, but I wish there had been more about losing your mother as a baby or toddler. My mom died when I was walking and talking, so I am sure I grieved, but I have no memories of her life or death. It would be nice to have some follow-up about people who never had the precious opportunity to know their mothers.
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Summary: This self-help book is standard fare
Review: I bought this book with the intention of trying to understand my girlfriend better, but after reading it, I was terribly disappointed. Edelman keeps with self-help tradition in labeling the subject (motherless daughter) as a victim, while pointing fingers at those who were not attentive enough. In particular, there is one chapter where Edelman confronts her father and cites him for his absence in the years following her mother's death. The author's contention is that motherless daughters share a unique kind of loss which supercedes all others. Largely revisionist history, Edelman's book fails to shed any light on the simple fact that bad things happen to good people, and that everyone, motherless or not, shares traumatic life events. As one friend put it, "My mother used to beat the hell out of me. I would've rather her been dead." Read Kushner instead and come to the conclusions that all of us are in the same boat together, and that there are far worse things than being a daughter who lost her mother: like a mother who lost her daughter.
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Summary: It didn't fit for me having lost my mother as an infant.
Review: I would like to find a book that dealt with the loss of a parent at a young age. I was two days old when my mother died of a brain hemmorage (sp). I didn't get to spend any time with my mother and this book talked alot about having had a mother until the teen years or beyond.
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Summary: Absolutely a comforting book.
Review: This book was such an enlightening for me. At the age of 41, I finally am understanding how the loss of my mother 23 years ago has had an impact on my life today. There were so many woman that contributed to that book that validated so many of my feelings. I would recommend this book to any woman that has lost their mother. Absolutely FANTASTIC !
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Summary: Powerful and Purposeful
Review: I'm so fortunate that my Mother is alive and well. I read this book because my best friend is not so fortunate. It is the most powerful moving book I've ever read. You don't even have to have lost your Mother or know someone that does to get something out of this book. You will finish it with a greater appreciation of your Mother and your relationship with her. Hope Edelman broke a silence that was quiet for too many years. It has sparked a movement that hopefully will only get stronger with time. This book can help a woman of any age open her heart and deal with her loss. It offers support and healing. Thank you Hope Edelman for telling us your story and opening up your heart. You will never know how much impact you have made. Your mother, I'm sure is proud.
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