Elegant prose ... sheds new light on the father-daughter dynamic
-Boston magazine
Praise for Fatherless WOMEN
""If it can be said about a book on loss, Fatherless Women is a pleasure
to read. Clea Simon is a warm, honest, intelligent, and trustworthy
guide, not only for grieving women but for the men who support them.
Simon's insights about father-daughter relationships are profound.""
-Neil Chethik, author of FatherLoss
""Clea Simon deepens our understanding of the complicated emotions
daughters feel about fathers, both during life and especially after
death. This book will help heal rifts and set stuck energies free.""
-Beth Witrogen McLeod, author of Caregiving:
The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal
""Unusually candid and often provocative . . . Simon's book is immensely
thought-provoking about a topic that all of us will face.""
-Pauline Boss, Ph.D., author of Ambiguous Loss:
Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief
There is a special bond between a father and a daughter, and when that
bond is broken by death, a woman's life can change in profound and
unexpected ways. Clea Simon, critically acclaimed author of Mad House,
explores this crucial meeting point of grief and growth by delving into
her own experience and those of other women to paint an illuminating
portrait of the father-daughter relationship and its lifelong
ramifications. Filled with moving stories of real women, this poignant,
comforting, and insightful book paves the way for all women to make
peace with the past, with the adults they have become, and to
courageously face the question: what happens next?
