Mother of My Mother: The Intimate Bond Between Generations

by Hope Edelman

Book Overview

In her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman explored the profound and lasting effects of mother loss, as well as her own search for healing. Now, in her compelling new work, Edelman explores another complex, life-changing relationship, the intricate bond between generations.

Drawing from her own experience and the recollections of over seventy other granddaughters, Edelman explores the three-generation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385317999
• ISBN13: 9780385317993
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Delta
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Mothers learn mothering...

Excellent insights, stories, views from Hope Edelman. Laugh, cry, admit to your own behavior as you read "yourself" in her book. Best to read the 1st two books b/4 this one.

A must read for every daughter

I could not put this book down! I am the eldest daughter of an only daughter and a maternal granddaughter to a grandma who helped my mother raise me from the day I was born until I was 11 1/2. This book offered me a great deal of insight into our triangle. Now that my mother is a grandmother herself, I have recommended it to her so she can take an objective look at her part in our triangle and those with her grandchildren. This book is very informative and the writing is super-engaging. I think any daughter will benefit from reading this book, especially if she's planning to have children.

just ordered

I ordered this book because I just became a grandmother of a baby girl last week and saw the author in the Today show--I was dismayed at her use of negative words and negative appproach to the different "types" of grandmothers and wanted to find out just what she was talking about. Words like "manipulative" and "meddling" are so distructive. I consider my new role as one of support and teaching and love of my daughter and her family and being there for her after her c-section as a privilege--I am saddened that this could be called meddling and rather insulted by these terms. So I want to read the book to find out if the impression given by the interview was correct.

A "must read" if you have a grandmother!

As I've gotten older, I've come to realize the important role my grandmother had in who I am today. I was lucky enough to be able to tell my grandmother, the "Kinkeeper" how important she was to me before she died. Hope's book can teach all of us that has a grandmother not to overlook this special bond. You'll want to call your grandmother after reading Hope's book. If I could recommend another great grandmother book, it would be "Something to Remember Me By" by Susan V. Bosak. I sent it to my grandmother as a way to tell her how important she was to me, and it meant so much to her! Horray for grandmothers!