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A classic bestseller, now newly expanded and updated-the book that first acknowledged "mother loss," a woman's most profoundly life-altering passage An instant bestseller in both hardcover and paperback, Hope Edelman's Motherless Daughters explores the myriad ways that losing a mother can... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mary Jo: Add a description of this character.
- Alice
- Ronnie
- Caroline
- Margie
- Therese Rando
- Amanda
- Emma
- Karen
- Denise
- Annie
- Naomi Lowinsky
- Rita
- Donna
- Linda
- Michele
- Phyllis Klaus
- Kelly
- Gayle
- Sheila
- Jocelyn
- Nan Birnbaum
- Maxine Harris
- Bridget
- Evelyn Bassoff
- Mariana
- B.j.
- Janine
- Paula
- Andrea Campbell
- Roberta
- Cecile
- Kathleen
- Brenda
- Tricia
- Elaine
- Samantha
- Emily
- Laura
- Dr. Garber
- Darlene
- Jennifer
- Meg
- Robin
- Audrey
- Rochelle
Quotes edit
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“When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It always hovers at the edge of her awareness, prepared to surface at any time, in any place, in the least expected ways.”
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“Women who've lost mothers to long-term illnesses always believe that losing her quickly and not witnessing her suffering would have been easier. Women whose mothers died as the result of accidents or other sudden deaths disagree: they would have done anything, they say, to have had time to say goodbye. Only after they hear each others' stories do they concede there's no good way to lose a loved one - just, in the words of on twenty-six-year-old woman, different kinds of hell." Every cause is painful, and every loss leaves us wondering how we could have acted otherwise to prevent the death.”
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“Loss is a part of life as involuntary as a heartbeat, as inevitable as nightfall.”
First Sentence edit
FOR A FEW YEARS AFTER I GRADUATED from college, I lived in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Hope Edelman (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Perseus Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0201632888
Page Count: 324
Publisher: Perseus Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 0201632888
Page Count: 324
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 155.937
Subjects edit
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling › By Topic › Grief
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Death
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Death & Grief › Grief & Bereavement
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Mental Health › Emotions
- Books › Parenting & Families › Family Relationships
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Occult
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Self-Help
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