There are countless Mother Daughter courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
- We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters: Revised and Expanded Edition (2010)
- Daughter Detox: Recovering from An Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life (2017)
- Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A Guide For Separation, Liberation & Inspiration (2018)
- The Final Mother-Daughter Book Club Collection: The Mother-Daughter Book Club; Much Ado About Anne; Dear Pen Pal; Pies & Prejudice; Home for the Holidays; Wish You Were Eyre; Mother-Daughter Book Camp (2017)
- Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers (2009)
- Love, Mom and Me: A Mother and Daughter Keepsake Journal (2019)
- The One Year Mother-Daughter Devo (2010)
- One Heart: A book for mothers and daughters of all ages (2018)
- Mothers Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters (2014)
- Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are (2017)
- Moon Mother, Moon Daughter (2012)
We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters: Revised and Expanded Edition (2010)
From the much beloved Cokie Roberts comes a revised and expanded tenth-anniversary paperback edition of the #1 New York Times Bestseller We Are Our Mothers’ Daughters—with new profiles.In this revised and expanded tenth-anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller, renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts once again examines the nature of women’s roles through the revealing lens of her personal experience.
Daughter Detox: Recovering from An Unloving Mother and Reclaiming Your Life (2017)
A self-help book based in science, the result of more than a decade of research, Daughter Detox offers the daughters of unloving mothers vital information, guidance, and real strategies for healing from childhood experiences, and building genuine self-esteem.
Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A Guide For Separation, Liberation & Inspiration (2018)
The best news on the planet is that your mother doesn’t have to change in order for you to be happy. In fact, author Karen C.L. Anderson will take it a step further and say, your mother doesn’t have to change in order for you to be free, peaceful, contented, and joyful.
The Final Mother-Daughter Book Club Collection: The Mother-Daughter Book Club; Much Ado About Anne; Dear Pen Pal; Pies & Prejudice; Home for the Holidays; Wish You Were Eyre; Mother-Daughter Book Camp (2017)
Get to know the girls of the Mother-Daughter Book Club with a paperback boxed set that contains all seven books from the series!It all started with a book club. Five very different girls become a most unlikely group of friends as they read the classics—Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Daddy-Long-Legs, Pride and Prejudice, Betsy-Tacy, and Jane Eyre—and embrace the fabulousness of fiction, family, and friendship.
Will I Ever Be Good Enough?: Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers (2009)
The first book for daughters who have suffered the abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life. Drawing on more than two decades of experience as a therapist specializing in women’s health and hundreds of interviews with suffering daughters, Dr.
Love, Mom and Me: A Mother and Daughter Keepsake Journal (2019)
A one-of-a-kind journal for the mother & daughter who crave a rule-free, creative way to connect with each other. This engaging prompt journal is the perfect tool to build mother-daughter relationships. Kids can record memories, swap stories, compare perspectives, and explore common and unique interests with their moms!
The One Year Mother-Daughter Devo (2010)
The One Year Mother-Daughter Devo is designed to be used by a mother and her tween daughter; both can read and understand the same devotion and share in the “girl gab” section to discuss their understanding of Scripture and their relationship with God.
One Heart: A book for mothers and daughters of all ages (2018)
The minute our children are born they steal our hearts forever. A book about the unique bond between mothers and daughters. The idea for this book came from a letter I wrote to my daughter when she was only two years old.
Mothers Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters (2014)
With Mothers Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters, Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of the smash #1 bestseller Toxic Parents, offers a powerful look at the devastating impact unloving mothers have on their daughters—and provides clear, effective techniques for overcoming that painful legacy.In more than 35 years as a therapist, Forward has worked with large numbers of women struggling to escape the emotional dama…
Mothers, Daughters, and Body Image: Learning to Love Ourselves as We Are (2017)
When women are told that what is important about us is how we look, it becomes increasingly difficult for us to feel comfortable with our appearance and how we feel about our bodies. We are told, over and over—if we just lost weight, fit into those old jeans, or into a new smaller pair—we will be happier and feel better about ourselves.
Moon Mother, Moon Daughter (2012)
How would it be different if mothers looked forward to their daughters’ first steps into womanhood with the same anticipation and excitement as they had for her very first steps toward walking? What if there was a whole community of women waiting to receive her into womanhood? What if there was a way for mothers and daughters to walk together?
Best Mother Daughter Books Everyone Should Read
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some mother daughter books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away
Author(s): June Cross
ID: 2404092, Publisher: Penguin Books, Year: Apr 24, 2007, Size: 608 Kb, Format: epub
Honey, Baby, Mine: A Mother and Daughter Talk Life, Death, Love (and Banana Pudding)
Author(s): Laura Dern, Diane Ladd
ID: 3717231, Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, Year: 2023, Size: 23 Mb, Format: epub
An autoethnography of African American motherhood : things I tell my daughter
Author(s): Renata Harden Ferdinand
ID: 3108346, Publisher: , Year: 2022, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are absolutely hot items according to Washington Post, others are composed by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant books you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.