Letter From Motherless Daughters: Words Of Courage, Grief, And Healing - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201483572 ISBN 13: 9780201483574

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995

Synopsis

Expanding upon Hope Edelman's life-changing bestseller, these letters offer eloquent testimonial to the importance of gaining comfort and support from women who have shared the experience of mother loss. As she did in Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman charts the grief/healing process by weaving her own words with those of dozens of women across the country. Drawing on her myriad conversations with motherless daughters, the author refines the message of her earlier book, and writes about her experiences starting support groups to help women who wish to start their own. Letters from Motherless Daughters will reassure any woman who has lost her mother that she is neither abnormal nor alone in dealing with her grief.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Revisiting the profoundly important subject of mother loss, Letters From Motherless Daughters is a compilation of real letters written by women in response to the ground-breaking New York Times bestseller Motherless Daughters.

When Motherless Daughters was first published in 1994, author Hope Edelman--through research, interviews, and personal experience--helped women across the country deal with the pain of losing a mother. Finally they felt free to discuss and try to understand their unique form of grief, and perhaps most importantly, they felt that they were not alone in their loss.

The overwhelming number of letters she received in response to Motherless Daughters prompted Hope Edelman to publish Letters From Motherless Daughters. Reaffirming her precious link with motherless women across the country, Hope presents these moving, honest, and often hopeful letters, along with her own insight, and offers readers a chance to further learn from this loss. Chapters are divided by the number of years since mother loss, and each addresses the significant issues of that stage. Hope also includes information on starting or joining a support group, and offers suggested reading for motherless women.

The words of these brave women illustrate the profound pain, the astounding strength, and the undying perseverance to live on, but never outlive the need for one's mother.of police barricades, the razor-sharp line between life and death, the unforgiving chasm

About the Author:

Hope Edelman is the internationally acclaimed author of five nonfiction books, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers, as well as the memoir The Possibility of Everything. She has lectured extensively on the subjects of early mother loss and nonfiction writing. Her articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Real Simple, and Parents. Her work has received a New York Times notable book of the year designation and a Pushcart Prize for creative nonfiction. She lives in Topanga Canyon, California, with her husband and their two daughters. HopeEdelman.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0201483572
• ISBN 13: 9780201483574
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 162
• Editor: Hope Edelman