A review by lauramead94
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss by Hope Edelman

5.0

My Mother died suddenly in the July of this year in a tragic car accident. Having never been built or prepared to expect such a loss; I was thrown into an instant world of loneliness and fear. I am only at the very beginning stages of grief, but this book landed in my lap when it really was necessary to find a healthy coping mechanism. I feel as though I can be friends and FINALLY relate to all of the Women in this book even though we’ve never met. Hope Edelman comprises interviews, studies and her own personal accounts into a work which somehow pieces together how a Daughter continues a legacy and survival without her Mother here guiding her hand. It is a book of transparency, grief and, ultimately, hope, and a consistent reminder that whilst a Mother may not be with her Daughter physically; she is part of everything her Daughter continues to do and become.