If you are a motherless daughter, this is a book you read from beginning to end in one sitting, drowning your tears in a box of tissues. Edelman connects to feelings that motherless daughters have and desribes them to a tee. She also describes phenomena we keep buried below the surface, and jolts us with "shock of recognition" by revealing them. I was separated from my mother at the age of 9 and have felt practically every nuance Edelman describes. This is the most beautiful, touching, genuine book I think I will ever read. I will treasure it for the rest of my life. Thank you Hope Edelman. Thank You.