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Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss » (2ND)

Book cover image of Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman

Authors: Hope Edelman, Hope Edelman
ISBN-13: 9780738210261, ISBN-10: 0738210269
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: February 2006
Edition: 2ND

Author Biography: Hope Edelman

Hope Edelman is a writer whose work has appeared nationally. She graduated from the University of Iowa Writing Program and lives in New York City. Her mother died when she was seventeen.

Book Synopsis

A classic bestseller, now newly expanded and updated-the book that first acknowledged "mother loss," a woman's most profoundly life-altering passage

Cleveland Jewish News

[A] groundbreaking bestseller...Sparked a grassroots movement of support groups and Internet sites.

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Ch. 1	The Seasons of Grieving: Mourning Takes Time	3
Ch. 2	Times of Change: Developmental Stages of a Daughter's Life	26
Ch. 3	Cause and Effect: No Way Is the Best Way	62
Ch. 4	Later Loss: Learning How to Let Go	90
Ch. 5	Daddy's Little Girl: The Father-Daughter Dyad	107
Ch. 6	Sister and Brother, Sister and Sister: Sibling Connections (and Disconnections)	134
Ch. 7	Looking for Love: Intimate Relationships	155
Ch. 8	When a Woman Needs a Woman: Gender Matters	175
Ch. 9	Who She Was, Who I Am: Developing an Independent Identity	197
Ch. 10	Mortal Lessons: Life, Death, Sickness, Health	215
Ch. 11	The Daughter Becomes a Mother: Extending the Line	235
Ch. 12	The Female Phoenix: Creativity, Achievement, and Success	259
	Epilogue	278
	Appendix	285
	Bibliography	291
	Notes	293
	Index	315