Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (640 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1401322395 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Fulford's uplifting story of how, after her father's death, she returned home to become her mother's closest companion--a move that brought her more in return than she could ever have expected.D.G. Woven throughout are the stories of other mothers and daughters who, despite many hardships and sacrifices, manage to draw from their mutual love and support and embrace these bonus years together as an opportunity to celebrate each other's insight. recalls how she and her mother--a pair who are opposites in almost every way, including how they unload the dishwasher--came together to learn what it me
J. Hirsch said If Elizabeth Gilbert and Anne Lamott had a baby and a grandmother. she'd be DG Fulford and Phyllis Greene. This book warmed my heart and filled my soul with hope and love. I got Designated Daughter last night and read it straight through so I'm writing this before I start re-reading it again today! To see a mother and daughter grow so close at a time when so many families grow apart renewed my faith in everything from God to Early Bird Specials. This is a funny, illuminating, heart-breakingly beautiful look at aging from both sides of the spectrum. The Big Issues seem so much smaller and the Little Stuff seems so much more important now that I've read Designated Daughter.. Fall in love with life again! Please please give yourself a great big treat and read this book. Today. I laughed out loud and wiped a few tears from my cheek. Simply put, after reading this book I fell madly in love with life again. The authors became my new best friends. Courage, hope and love are the best feelings in the whole wide world. If you have tucked them away for a while, do yourself a favor and read this book. Playing nice with others in the sandbox, laughing a little harder and hugging a hurt better are just the right things to do. So is reading this book.. "a book that makes you laugh and cry" according to J. isaac. I read and immediately reread this wonderful book.The trials and the love and the sharing and letting it all "hang out" make it a must read.The authors talk about sadness that most of us don't articulateit must have helped them to write itreading it made me laugh aloud and cry and learn to understand and handle the changes that come to us all as we age.It's perfect for all generations.
G. Instead, I found my own strong space, and learned that if you walk beside your mother when she needs you, you'll absorb her wisdom and her strength--which will carry you as far as you ever need to go." --D. Fulford . From the Author "When my mother became a widow, I became a Designated Daughter--the sibling who would try to take up the empty space that had always been filled by Dad
D.G. Fulford is a best-selling author and former columnist for the Los Angeles Daily News and New York Times News Service. She is the mother of three, the grandmother of eight, and the great-grandmother of one. Fulford has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio.Phyllis Greene