A frank portrayal of the challenges and rewards of mothering midlife daughters and an exploration of how these relationships change with aging.
2018 IBPA Ben Franklin Awards Finalist in Psychology
2017 USA Best Book Awards Finalist inHealth: Aging/50+
"An insightful look at the relationships between senior mothers and their middle-aged daughters . . . An important personal and sociological perspective on women's lives."
—Kirkus Reviews
"A brave book, and one that I admire-a book that will help many aging mothers feel less alone and lead to more open exploration, both in literature and in life."
—Ellen Bass, poet and author of Like a Beggar and coauthor of The Courage to Heal
"A rich, thoughtful, multi-layered look into the ways that mothers experience their relationships with their middle-aged daughters variously with love, joy, fulfillment, sorrow, anguish, and longing . . . a warm, clearly written, sorely needed exploration of a topic of profound importance."
—Paula J. Caplan, PhD, author of The New Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-Daughter Relationship and Associate, W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute, Harvard University
"A book to learn from and savor. The complex, nuanced stories of these women's relationships with their adult daughters over time form the core of this revealing book as the authors probe the mothers' yearnings for intimacy, issues of distance and alienation, and modes of forgiveness and renewal."
—Joyce Antler, author of You Never Call! You Never Write! A History of the Jewish Mother and Professor Emerita, Brandeis University
"An important work. For every second-wave feminist, this book is a continuation of the consciousness started in the 1960s, and an expansive and intimate story for anyone who has been or intends to be a mother."
—Ruth Rosen, author of The World Split Open: How the Modern Women's Movement Changed America
