a mother's death also means the loss of the consistent, supportive family system that once supplied her with a secure home base, she then has to deve…

- Hope Edelman

Writers seek to create order out of the chaos of everyday life, and to extract meaning from both the tragic and the mundane

- Hope Edelman

When a daughter loses a mother, the intervals between grief responses lengthen over time, but her longing never disappears. It always hovers at the e…

- Hope Edelman

Rachel Resnick's story of love lost and love sought cracks open the timeworn addiction narrative to release something raw, probing, brave, and redemp…

- Hope Edelman

New York City is filled with random, quirky moments like this, chance collisions that just might change your life.

- Hope Edelman

I couldn't chance failing in New York yet, letting the city fail me. It was the only place I knew I belonged. If I couldn't survive there, I would ha…

- Hope Edelman

Someone did us all a grave injustice by implying that mourning has a distinct beginning, middle, and end.

- Hope Edelman

Our mothers are our most direct connection to our history and gender.

- Hope Edelman

When a mother dies, a daughter’s mourning never completely ends.

- Hope Edelman