Dear Reader:
Every woman has stories to tell about her mother. The mother she
has, the mother she wants, the mother she misses, the mother she
didn't know. We carry our mothers with us. Sometimes we carry her
in our hearts, in our heads-or on our backs. Sometimes we are
connected to our mothers with the thick, strong cords of
intertwined love and true acceptance; other times the bonds are
stretched thin and taut, scratching against our consciousness,
rubbing raw the sore spots in our souls.
But we are always linked to our mothers: both to the dreams of the
mothers we wish for and the realities of the mothers we have. Even
if our mother has been gone for years-for decades-the relationship
is still very much alive.
Mom is still with us: offering advice, encouragement, criticism,
appreciation, rejection, solace. What we daughters do with this
ongoing commentary-whether we unknowingly incorporate it into our
reality, or consciously and carefully review it, deciding what to
keep and what to put away-is fundamental to how fully we lead our
own lives.
In Dear Mom: Women's Letters of Love, Loss, and Longing, you meet
women who have stripped away pretenses, societal constraints, and
basic fears to uncover and express their most private truths about
their relationship with their mothers. You get to peer over the
shoulders of the women, share in their laughter, and experience
their struggles. You see how other women cast light on this most
complicated, rewarding, and sometimes frustrating relationship. You
witness women at different stages of their lives reflecting on the
legacies their mothers (knowingly or unconsciously, but always
powerfully) left them. You hear how other womenexperience the
glories and the scars, the hurt and the healing that make up this
most primal of connections.
You also get to meet the women behind the letters, since each Dear
Mom letter is followed by a profile of the contributor. You learn
about the surprises, satisfactions, and challenges they faced in
writing down their most private truths. The 25 Dear Mom
contributors include women from a variety of backgrounds, careers,
religions, and lifestyles.
They include (present and former) teachers, business owners,
homemakers, real estate agents, artists, secretaries, social
workers, journalists, and government officials. Some are
accomplished professionals, well-known in their fields and public
figures in their communities. They are married, single, divorced,
widowed. Many, though not all, are mothers themselves. Many
contributors are baby boomers, in their 40s and 50s. Others are in
their 60s, 70s, and 80s. (The oldest contributor is over 90; her
conversation with her mother continues )
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