Dear Mom: Women's Letters of Love, Loss and Longing

emboldening, soothing, heartbreaking, inspiring. It’s hard to put

this book down, but once you do, you’ll pick up a pen.”

—Ariel Gore, author of The Mother Trip and The Hip Mama

Survival Guide

“Poignant, tender, and soulful, Dear Mom calls to the child in all

of us, to remember the force that shapes who we are. Through their

most intimate writings to their mothers, these daughters show us

how our own truthful words can heal and transform us at last.”

—Michele Weldon, author of Writing to Save Your Life: How to

Honor Your Story Through Journaling

“Deborah Berger has found a remarkable way to weave an

intimate web of connections that includes all women.”

—Elizabeth Lyon, author and columnist, The Willamette Writer

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In Dear Mom, women like you—teachers, business owners, artists,

and homemakers—express their most private truths about their

relationship with their mothers. You share in their laughter,

experience their struggles, and maybe shed some tears. You also

get to meet the 25 women behind the letters—and learn about the

healing that can come from such a journey of discovery.

And best of all, you’re invited—with helpful suggestions—to

write your own Dear Mom letter.