desirosie's review against another edition
3.0
There are lots of good bits of advice and perspective in here that were helpful to me, even if Edelman's focus is on women who lost their mothers at a younger age.
thelibrarianmom's review
3.0
More like a 3.5. The problem that I had with Hope's first book is the same problem I have with this one. I do get that the author lost her mom at a young age. And that's awful, don't get me wrong. BUT I lost my mom at 30 years old, so a lot of advice and thoughts in here were lost on me because she mainly wrote for women who lost mothers in their childhood or teenage years. For that population, this book is 5 stars. But for the rest of us? There are some nuggets of help and guidance, but really this book should be titled How Losing a Mother as a child or teenager shapes the parent you become.
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