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Hope Edelman
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Writing Retreat in Guatemala

Dec.04.2009

Ready for a creative adventure? Join award-winning authors Hope Edelman, Joyce Maynard, Ann Hood, and Francesco Sedita on this seven day writing retreat at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

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PUBLISHED: Aug.31.2010

The Possibility of Everything: A Memoir (Paperback)

In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her place in her marriage, her profession, and the larger world. Feeling vulnerable and isolated, she was primed for change. Into her stagnant routine dropped Dodo, her three-year old daughter Maya’s curiously disruptive imaginary friend. Dodo is ever-present and becoming more aggressive by the day, forcing Edelman...

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PUBLISHED: Sep.15.2009

The Possibility of Everything

http://www.thepossibilityofeverything.com In the autumn of 2000, Hope Edelman was a woman adrift, questioning her place in her marriage, her profession, and the larger world. Feeling vulnerable and isolated, she was primed for change. Into her stagnant routine dropped Dodo, her three-year old daughter Maya’s curiously disruptive imaginary friend. Dodo is ever-present and becoming...

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PUBLISHED: May.08.2012

Along the Way: The Journey of a Father and Son

In this remarkable dual memoir, film legend Martin Sheen and accomplished actor/filmmaker Emilio Estevez recount their lives as father and son. In alternating chapters—and in voices that are as eloquent as they are different—they tell stories spanning more than fifty years of family history, and reflect on their journeys into two different kinds of faith. At twenty-one, still...

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PUBLISHED: Jun.26.2009

Motherless Daughters

Ask any woman whose mother has died and she will tell you that she is irrevocably altered, as profoundly changed by her mother's death as she was by her mother's life. And although a mother's mortality is as inevitable as nightfall, no other book has addressed the lasting effects of this incalculable loss. First published more than a decade ago and now available in this updated...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.2000

Motherless Mothers

When Hope Edelman, author of the New York Times bestseller Motherless Daughters, became a parent, she found herself revisiting the loss of her mother in ways she had never anticipated. Now the mother of two young girls, Edelman set out to learn how the loss of a mother to death or abandonment can affect the ways women raise their own children. In Motherless Mothers, Edelman uses...

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Letters from Motherless Daughters

Revisiting the profoundly important subject of mother loss, Letters From Motherless Daughters is a compilation of real letters written by women in response to the ground-breaking New York Times bestseller Motherless Daughters. When Motherless Daughters was first published in 1994, author Hope Edelman--through research, interviews, and personal experience--helped women across the...

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Mother of my Mother

In her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Motherless Daughters, Hope Edelman explored the profound and lasting effects of mother loss, as well as her own search for healing. Now, in her compelling new work, Edelman explores another complex, life-changing relationship, the intricate bond between generations. Drawing from her own experience and the recollections of over seventy...

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Hope's Latest Blogs

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Jan.27.2011 - 11:49 pm

To Belize and Back: How Far One Mother Went to Help Her Child

If anyone had told me when my daughter was born that one day I'd take her to a shaman for healing, I would have laughed. Me? Ha! Never. But soon after she turned 3, I found...

Nov.01.2010 - 9:11 am

The Target Story

(Originally posted on my 455-Girls blog on Sept. 7, 2010.) Everyone's been asking how the Target selection for the paperback of The Possibility of Everything occurred. Well, I...

Nov.01.2010 - 9:03 am

My New Favorite TV Show (You'll Be Surprised)

(Originally posted on my 455-Girls blog on Oct. 31st.) The other night I stumbled upon Billy the Exterminator on A&E, and I'm going to go out on a limb here to admit: I'm...

Nov.01.2010 - 8:17 am

Malibu with Tweens: A Perfect Family Day

Malibu typically inspires images of surfers and celebrities. While both groups can be found in abundance, there's much more to this coastal enclave than what's depicted on the...

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Sep.09.2009 - 12:50 pm

In response to: THE POSSIBILITY OF EVERYTHING - AN INTERVIEW WITH HOPE EDELMAN

Keiko!

It's so nice to see you here! Looking forward to talking with you Friday. You can also email me directly at hopeedelman...

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Article: Maternal Wisdom (5 Pounds' Worth)

Short Story: The Myth of Co-Parenting

Short Story: A Tale of Two Preschools

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Sep.28.2009

The Possibility of Everything

Published by People Magazine

What would you do if your child had an imaginary friend who seemed not only omnipresent...but malevolent?

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Video: The Possibility of Everything BOOK TRAILER

About Hope

Hope Edelman is the author of five nonfiction books, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters (1994) and Motherless Mothers (2006) and the new memoir, The Possibility of Everything (September 2009). Her articles and reviews have appeared in such...

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Connections

Causes Hope Edelman Supports

Motherless Daughters of Orange County

Mommy's Light

Belize Children's Food Fund

Doctors Without Borders

Hope’s Favorite Books

Slouching Toward Bethlehem The Tortilla Curtain The Time Traveler’s Wife A Thousand Splendid Suns The Red Tent Portrait of Jennie The Mists of Avalon