Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship [Paperback]

Jack Canfield (Author), Mark Victor Hansen (Author), Dorothy Firman (Author), Julie Firman (Author), Frances Firman Salorio (Author)

Book Description

Series: Chicken Soup for the Soul | Publication Date: March 18, 2003

The relationship between a mother and daughter is one of the most profound bonds in life. A mother feels her daughter's first kick during pregnancy, labors to bring her daughter into the world and watches as she takes her first breath of life. Similarly, a daughter opens up a new world and range of emotions to her mother, allowing her to feel an unconditional love she didn't know she possessed.

For new moms in awe of their daughter's first step, veteran moms in a panic as their daughter leaves for her first prom, or seasoned moms who have just caught themselves saying "Because I said so!", each will be touched and inspired by these heartwarming stories that share the life-defining moments of the mother/daughter relationship.

Celebrity contributions include stories by Jacquelyn Mitchard and Joan Borysenko. Chapters include A Mother's Love; A Daughter's Love; Memories; Challenges; Lessons; Like Mother, Like Daughter; Loss and Healing and Timeless Wisdom.

This is the perfect book for all the special women in our lives for Mother's Day, a birthday, or any day.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

This latest addition to the Chicken Soup series will seem mawkish and sappy to some readers, but it is pleasantly uplifting overall. While some of the contributors are well known-Jaquelyn Mitchard and Eda LeShan-most are not. Perhaps, that's why these emotional mother-daughter stories resonate. The vignettes all revolve around the unique bond between mothers and daughters that is often surprising or not fully appreciated until after someone is ill or dies. For example, Julia A. Doyle writes, "In 1990, my mother's life was cut short by the selfishness of a drunk driver. I was sixteen, and had so much left to learn from Mom, but she had already taught me her greatest lesson-loving and caring unselfishly." In "The Lost Heart," Therese Brady Donohue remembers being present while one of her daughters gave birth-at the very same hospital where her middle daughter had died of cancer just days earlier: "On Easter Sunday, I was back in Boston at the same hospital that had been my daughter's last hope. As I held my grandson in my arms, the emotional pendulum was swaying much too fast...." This is a perfect gift for women of all ages.
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About the Author

Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen are the #1 New York Times and USA Today best-selling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Dorothy Firman, Ed.D., is a psychotherapist, author, speaker and trainer who has worked in the field of mother/daughter relationships for more than twenty years. She and her mother, Julie, co-wrote Daughters and Mothers: Healing The Relationship (The Synthesis Center).

Julie Firman is the mother of two daughters-her coauthors-and one son. She and her daughters lead workshops on mother/daughter relationships at conferences around the country.

Frances Firman Salorio is a solution-focused marriage and family therapist. All three reside in Massachusetts.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: HCI (March 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 075730088X
• ISBN-13: 978-0757300882
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,770 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #32 in Books > Parenting & Relationships > Family Relationships > Parent & Adult Child

More About the Author

Jack Canfield, America's Success Coach, is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes 40 New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor with Gay Hendricks of You've GOT to Read This Book! An internationally renowned corporate trainer, keynote speaker, and popular radio and TV talk show guest, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chicken Soup for the Mother and Daughter Soul, April 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship (Paperback)

It is amazing how frequently I saw my own mother in so many of these wonderful stories. How interesting to discover thoughts and feelings I have long kept to myself were actually the thoughts and feelings of many. What a great book!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars love2read, April 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship (Paperback)

This is a beautiful book of short stories about the laughter & tears experienced between mother and daughter and, in some instances, 3 generations of mothers & daughters. There were a few stories that I really didn't see the point in and didn't understand why there were included, but all-in-all, the stories made me laugh and cry. I purchased the book as a mother's day gift for my mom, but had to read it myself first!

It's a great gift for yourself or mother/daughter. It's an enjoyable and sometimes tear-jerking read and sometimes a mirror of a relationship you have/had or would like to have.

13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CHICKEN SOUP FOR MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS SOUL IS #1, April 26, 2003

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This review is from: Chicken Soup for the Mother & Daughter Soul: Stories to Warm the Heart and Honor the Relationship (Paperback)

My daughter & I enjoy Chicken Soup For The Mothers And Daughters Soul.It not only touch our souls it touch our hearts.It is very hard to stop reading it.I would like to Thanks the Authors of this book for bringing back an older favorite of my daughter & I ,That was to sit down & read together.Chicken Soup For The Mothers And Daughter will not only touch your Soul it will touch your Heart.I I pray that God continues to bless you.Please write more books soon.I would love to have an complete series of all your Best Seller Book,This book is a treasure that All Mothers & Daughters will enjoy for years to come.Many,Many Thanks,Again***** Frances,You are a hero.You touch so many people near you & very far,That is what makes you a hero to me.Your book will not only warm & touch the hearts & Soul of Mothers & Daughters,It warms up every one that has a heart.Hugs,