Dear Mom: Women s Letters of Love, Loss, and Longing is 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 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. "