Motherless daughters : the legacy of loss / Hope Edelman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edelman, Hope.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deprivation (Psychology).

Loss (Psychology).

Maternal deprivation.

Mothers and daughters.

Bereavement--Psychological aspects.

Bereavement.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 390 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition, first Da Capo Press edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2006.

Summary:

Ask any woman whose mother has died and she will tell you that she is irrevocably altered, as profoundly changed by her mother's death as she was by her mother's life. And although a mother's mortality is as inevitable as nightfall, no other book has addressed the lasting effects of this incalculable loss. First published more than a decade ago and now available in this updated edition, Motherless Daughters is still the book that women of all ages look to for understanding and comfort when their mothers die, and it is the book that they continue to press into each other's hands.

Building on interviews with hundreds of mother-loss survivors, this life-affirming book is newly expanded to reflect the author's personal experience with the continued legacy of mother loss. Now married and a mother of young children herself, Hope Edelman better understands how the effects of mother loss change over time and in light of new relationships.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Loss

The seasons of grieving : mourning takes time

Times of change : developmental stages of a daughter's life

Cause and effect : no way is the best way

Later loss : learning how to let go

Part II: Change

Daddy's little girl : the father-daughter dyad

Sister and brother, sister and sister : sibling connections (and disconnections)

Looking for love : intimate relationships

When a woman needs a woman : gender matters

Part III: Growth

Who she was, who I am : developing an independent identity

Mortal lessons : life, death, sickness, health

The daughter becomes a mother : extending the line

The female phoenix : creativity, achievement, and success

Epilogue

Appendix A: motherless daughter survey

Appendix B: resources

Appendix C: Motherless daughters in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-374) and index.

ISBN:

0738210269

OCLC:

62330855

Publisher Number:

9780738210261