For twenty years, this "beautifully written" ( USA Today ), "moving, comprehensive and insightful look at the lifelong ramifications of the loss of a mother" ( San Francisco Chronicle ) has been the book a woman can turn to for understanding and comfort when her mother dies. Building on interviews with hundreds of motherless daughters, Hope Edelman's unique and courageous work also reflects her personal experience with the continued legacy of mother loss. An exploration of a profoundly life-altering rite-of-passage, Motherless Daughters is for any woman who wants to better understand the mother-daughter relationship.