The womb in which I lay - Pauline Perry Perry of Southwark

The daughter-mother bond is unlike any other relationship in its intensity and unconditional love. Pauline Perry explores its impact from early childhood to adulthood. Losing a mother is often felt as a missed opportunity, an inability to form a meaningful adult relationship with her and a chance for the daughter to involve her mother in her life. This sense of loss also has the added layer of guilt that many women feel at the wider freedoms and greater advantages the younger (post-World War Two) generation have in comparison with the narrower opportunities that were open to their mothers. A powerfully wide-ranging exploration of how daughters relate to their mothers and an account of the new status of women. This book includes factual stories of the experiences of ten remarkable women who speak frankly of how they have come to terms with their mothers' death. This moving and thought-provoking book will speak to all women of all generations.