{"product_id":"motherless-mothers-how-mother-loss-shapes-the-parents-we-become-isbn-9780060532451","title":"Motherless Mothers: How Mother Loss Shapes the Parents We Become","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Edelman illuminates the transformative power of understanding mother loss [and] offers essential wisdom.\" — \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Hope Edelman, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eauthor of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eMotherless Daughters,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e became a parent, she found herself revisiting the loss of her mother in ways she had never anticipated. Now the mother of two young girls, Edelman set out to learn how the loss of a mother to death or abandonment can affect the ways women raise their own children.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eMotherless Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e, Edelman uses her own story as a prism to reveal the unique anxieties and desires that these women experience as they raise their children without the help of a living maternal guide. In an impeccably researched, luminously written book enriched by the voices of the mothers themselves—and filled with practical insight and advice from experienced professionals—she examines their parenting choices, their triumphs, and their fears, and offers motherless mothers the guidance and support they want and need.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhen Hope Edelman finished writing \u003cem\u003eMotherless Daughters\u003c\/em\u003e, she thought she had said all she could about the long-term effects of early mother loss. Published in 1994, the book touched a nerve in women across the country and went on to become an enduring \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller. Edelman, who was seventeen when her own mother died, told the collective story of mother loss with such candor, empathy, and informed wisdom that she quickly became a widely recognized expert on the topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she became a parent, she found herself revisiting her loss in ways she had never anticipated. Now the mother of two young girls, Edelman set out to learn how the loss of a mother to death or abandonment can affect the ways women raise their own children. From her exhaustive investigation, including a survey of more than one thousand women, comes \u003cem\u003eMotherless Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e, the enlightening and inspiring next step in the motherless journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing her own story as a prism, Edelman reveals the unique anxieties and desires these mothers experience as they raise their children without the help of a living maternal guide. She examines their parenting choices, their unexpected triumphs, and their fears, from the initial decision to have a child, through pregnancy, the delivery room, and the child-rearing years. Identifying \"Eight Themes of Motherless Mothers\" that cut across all racial, ethnic, and socio-economic lines, Edelman illuminates how the experience of loss directly impacts the ways in which these women parent their own children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnriched by the voices of the mothers themselves, as well as filled with practical insight and advice from experienced professionals, this impeccably researched and luminously written book offers motherless mothers the guidance and support they want and need.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Absorbing...insightful...a moving and valuable treatment of a neglected subject.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A heartfelt and practical work.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Smart...Edelman maps the sorrow and longing felt by mothers who are motherless themselves. “ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fascinating...Edelman illuminates the transformative power of understanding mother loss [and] offers essential wisdom.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Edelman’s voice, suffused with fierce maternal love, joins the candid recollections from motherless mothers of all ages and backgrounds. She presents emotionally charged concepts in clear, memorable terms...to encourage frank, cathartic discussion.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A wonderful new book...it will help you and make you cry.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJacquelyn Mitchard, Tribune Media Services\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Offers hope...a cathartic book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToledo Blade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An important book. 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