Jamie Yuenger interviews bestselling author and grief advocate Hope Edelman about her writing and work with motherless daughters. Hope speaks about universal themes of loss. Hope was 17 when she lost her mom to breast cancer and 40, when her father died. These events inspired her to offer grief education and support to those who couldn't otherwise receive it. Hope's first book Motherless Daughters was a number one New York Times bestseller and appeared on multiple bestseller lists worldwide. Hope's most recent book The AfterGrief offers an innovative new language for discussing the long arc of loss.
Full Moon Women episodes are designed as couplets. The first episode each month is a long form story from a woman's inner life. The second is an interview with someone who can bring a wider context to the storytelling woman’s story. In this episode, Hope reflects on Brinda van den Berg's experience of losing her mom when she was two. (See Episode 01, “Motherless Mother.”)
Hope has published six books, including Motherless Mothers and her memoir The Possibility of Everything. Her work has been translated into 14 languages and published in 11 countries. She also hosts weekly calls for the Motherless Daughters Community. Hope has been published in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post. She got her bachelor's degree in journalism from Northwestern University and a master's in nonfiction writing from the University of Iowa. She is also a certified Martha Beck life coach and has done certificate training in narrative therapy.
www.hopeedelman.com
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