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Motherless Daughters : The Legacy of Loss. By author Hope Edelman. Free delivery worldwide. Expected delivery to Germany in business days. Not ordering to Germany? Click here. Order now for expected delivery to Germany by Christmas. Description Ask any woman whose mother has died, and she will tell you that she is irrevocably altered, as deeply changed by her mother's death as she was by her mother's life.

Although a mother's mortality is inevitable, no book had discussed the profound, lasting and far-reaching effects of this loss - until Motherless Daughters, which became in instant classic. Over twenty years later, it is still the book that women of all ages look to for comfort and understanding when their mothers die, and the book that they continue to press into each other's hands.

Building on interviews with hundreds of mother-loss survivors, the author's personal story of losing her mother and recent research in grief and psychology, Motherless Daughters reveals the shared experiences and core identity issues of motherless women.

It highlights that we bear this loss by remembering, not forgetting our mother. Give as a Gift Send this book as a Gift! Book Rating 2. Date: September Duration: 13 hours 11 minutes. Similar Titles. This title is due for release on September 11, For those girls, I am especially thankful this book exists. I can't imagine what it must be like to lose a parent that young. This book did a few things for me.

It made me thankful for the time I had with my mom. I can spend my life wishing she were still here, and some days I do spend thinking just that.

Or I can chose to be happy for the time she was here. I am lucky I had my mom for 27 years. Some people are less lucky. I am lucky I had a great relationship with my mom. Some people aren't that lucky. I am lucky my grief is not more complicated than it needs to be.

This book also made sense of some of the things that I was feeling. There were times when tears would be rolling down my cheeks because I felt less alone. There were other people out there who felt the things I was feeling. I was still normal. I would recommend this book for any daughter who has lost a mother. It might not all apply to you, but at the least, some smaller part will, and that part will be a comfort.

Feb 06, Mary rated it did not like it. Motherless Daughters has been mentioned to me a few times in the many years since my mother passed away when I was a teenager. I appreciated that the author gathered a multitude of stories. It was very cathartic to read the experiences of other people - especially regarding a topic that can be emotional and is not casually shared.

This book gave me insight into some of my own behavior, and I am very thankful for that. And NO. I immediately flipped to the front of the book to see when this edition was published.

Unbelieveable that it was outdated even when it was printed! For a book that is so widely read and recommended for people who are grieving, I didn't expect pages smeared with homophobia. I was grossed out and couldn't finish the book. It lost all credibility for me. This book desperately needs to be updated. I was given this book at the age of 15 right after my mother died.

My cousin's wife, who also lost her mother at a young age, had read it and found it incredibly helpful. It took me three years to read past the first page, mostly because it just made the fact that my mom was never coming back so much more real.

But once I was strong enough to read it, I found so much comfort in its pages. It seemed that every. I I was given this book at the age of 15 right after my mother died. It was amazing to know that I wasn't the only girl in the world who thought that her heart would stop the moment her mother's heart stopped. To know that all of pain and fear I felt was normal. My husband then my boyfriend also read this book to better understand some of my irrational fears and relationship anxiety.

Jan 03, Amanda Grice rated it it was amazing. This book made me realize the feelings I have had my entire life were normal. I lost my mom at the age of five. This year I celebrated outliving her. It is a weird journey. Nov 21, Ginger rated it it was amazing. This book has special meaning to me. My mother, who was an outstanding and incredible woman who had tremendous faith, was very intelligent and practical optimist, lived her life to the fullest.

She was understanding, generous, and gracious. Her sparkling wit and sense of humor spread her joy and touched the lives of many people. I first read this book years after Mom had died. While I have very vivid memories of her and carry her in my heart, this book stirred up special moments and aspects of re This book has special meaning to me.

While I have very vivid memories of her and carry her in my heart, this book stirred up special moments and aspects of relationships I had forgotten or not allowed myself to ponder. I laughed and cried and so appreciated the truth that pervades this book and its follow up of letters from motherless daughters.

I always wanted to be like my mother. Two days ago, my oldest child and only daughter gave birth to her first child, a daughter. My children are tremendous blessings to me. I hope I have been and can continue to be even half as good of a mother to them a Mom was to me, for then I will have given to the world strong, positive, joyful people to carry on Mom's legacy.

There were so many connections between the relationships I have with my mother and children and what I have rediscovered or been reminded of in the reading of this book. I highly recommend this book to any woman whose mother is no longer alive, not matter what the age of the daughter or the mother was at the time of physically parting. The reader will find comfort, things that will stir feelings and memories of this unique relationship God has blessed us with, reminders that will make her laugh and bring tears not only of wonderful times shared, but also or what might have been had circumstances been different.

I hope I honor my mother in the way I live my own life This is an important book for any woman who has lost her mother at any age, but especially before she turns twenty.

I was lucky enough to have my mom until I was This book was a very cathartic experience for me in many ways. Hope Edelman ends her book with this beautiful passage: I am fooling myself when I say my mother exists now only in the photographs on my bulletin board or in the outline of my hand or in the armful of memories I still hold tight.

She lives beneath everything I do. Her presence influenced who I was, and her absence influences who I am. Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide. Jan 09, Cathy rated it it was amazing.

This book helps! As a motherless daughter, you spend your life holding your breath. I didn't realize I was doing this, until I passed the age my mother was when she died. I've reached a point in my life that I have no experience with and no role model. My children now are older than I was when my mother died.

I have no frame of reference for a relationship with them. This book helped me to figure out those little things that I couldn't put my finger on. Why I was reacting I appropriately and why This book helps! Why I was reacting I appropriately and why I felt so adrift. Nov 07, Delaney rated it it was amazing. Edelman provides deep insight into the hearts and minds of motherless daughters, and I would recommend this book both to those who have lost mothers, and to those who are seeking to love women who have lost mothers.

Jul 12, Jessica Jeffers rated it it was amazing Shelves: nonfiction , favorites. They should hand this book out with your ovaries.

That sounds glib, but seriously: nearly every single woman out there is going to lose her mother one day. When you do, this book will be your lifeline. It is essential reading -- I revisit it every year on the anniversary of my own mother's death. This book took me a while to get through because it was too real and too much to get through.

It is so familiar and so painful and comforting for someone who has lost their mother while young and I am so grateful a friend who had been through the same thing gave this to me as a gift.

Oct 30, B. When the death of her mother also means the dissolution of her family, a daughter loses whatever secure foundation she had. Her search for safety and security requires that she keep moving forward. I've spent a grand total of one month out of five years in the states after mom died. I don't have a place to go back to. Everything I own is here, with me now. The last time I was in the states at this time celebrating Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, mom was still alive.

I admit, I'm scared. I'm so scared of going back and being hit by grief all over again. I'm scared because I'm going back to a great huge expanse of nothing.

I lived this book. It has my anger, my pain, my uncertainties. It was something I very much needed while preparing for this major life change. It was incredibly reassuring to know that others had gone through I went through, though I don't wish it on anyone. I appreciated the comparisons between loss from sudden death and loss from disease, and how in the end, it was the same.

There's no good way to lose your mother. Whether it's sudden, or standing at her bedside watching her fight for her last breath like I did. The trauma goes deep. It wasn't surprising, just saddening for me to read that the majority of fathers remarry within the first year. Trust me, it's awful. The consignment number is emailed to you along with the invoice at the time of shipment. Deliveries to destinations outside Australia are made by DHL courier, and cannot be made to post office boxes.

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