Fatherless Daughters: Turning the Pain of Loss into the Power

Fatherless Daughters: Turning the Pain of Loss into the Power of Forgiveness

A moving, elegantly written, impressively researched book about what it means to lose a father to death or divorce, with advice for fatherless daughters on how to cope.

â€¢ An important topic: many books have been written about parental lossâ€”specifically mother loss on daughters and father loss on sonsâ€”but few have explored the profound emotional, intellectual, and physical effects of father loss on girls. These effects can be devastating, coloring a fatherless daughterâ€™s attitudes on love, marriage, parenting, career, and physical and emotional well-being. Fatherless Daughters brings this problem out of the shadows and helps women clearly see how father loss has affected their lives and what they can do about it.

â€¢ A mosaic of perspectives: Pamela Thomas, whose own father died when she was ten years old, interviewed more than 100 women who have lost their fathers in a variety of circumstancesâ€”through death, divorce, and abandonmentâ€” and at every age, from birth to late teens. Each story is unique (and many of them are included here, including the authorâ€™s own), but the common threads that run through them will inspire both recognition and relief in readers.

â€¢ Prescriptive and supportive: Divided into four sectionsâ€”â€œ Fathering,â€ â€œShock,â€ â€œAftershock,â€ and â€œComing to Termsâ€â€”Fatherless Daughters traces the experience of growing up without a father from the initial trauma of losing him, to the reverberations years later that reflect the impact of his loss. Thomas offers advice on ways women can come to terms with their loss, including getting to know oneâ€™s lost father, even if he has passed away. Filled with wisdom, Fatherless Daughters guides readers through their pain to a place of strength, hope, and grace.
Country USA
Brand Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2009-08-18
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780743205573

Country	USA
Brand	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2009-08-18
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780743205573

Fatherless Daughters: Turning the Pain of Loss into the Power of Forgiveness

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