Hope Edelman is the author of four nonfiction books, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers. Her articles, essays, and reviews have appeared in numerous publications and have been included in several anthologies, including The Bitch in the House, Toddler, and Blindsided by a Diaper. She lives in Topanga Canyon, California, with her husband and two daughters.
Excerpt: The Sweetest Sex I Never Had
by Hope Edelman
My mother had cancer. I had a boyfriend. She had a mastectomy the following week. I had David in my bedroom that afternoon, when I returned from seeing my mother in the hospital. And the next afternoon, and the next, and the next.
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