Motherless daughters: Coming together

On a mountaintop in Northern California, a group of women met for the first time. They call themselves "motherless daughters." These women were all age 21 or younger when their moms died – many from illnesses like cancer, some more suddenly – and might find their life stories divided into a "before" and an "after." Hope Edelman is the mother of Motherless Daughters. Since the first retreat in 2016, more than 500 women have attended at locations across the country. …