The Fatherless Daughter Project

The Fatherless Daughter Project
Author: Denna Babul RN
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 159463369X

“This groundbreaking work will give voice to an enormous population of women who are struggling to understand themselves in the face of their fathers’ absence.” —Claire Bidwell Smith, author of The Rules of Inheritance and After This When Motherless Daughters was published 20 years ago, it unleashed a tsunami of healing awareness. When Denna Babul and Karin Smithson couldn't find the equivalent book for fatherlessness, The Fatherless Daughter Project was born. The book will set fatherless women on the path to growth and fulfillment by helping them to understand how their loss has impacted their lives. A father is supposed to provide a sense of security and stability. Losing a father comes with particular costs that vary depending on the way he left and how old a girl was when she lost him. Drawing on interviews with over 5000 women who became fatherless due to death, divorce, neglect, and outright abandonment, the authors have found that fatherless daughters tend to push their emotions underground. These issues in turn become distinct patterns in their relationships as adult women and they often can't figure out why. Delivered with compassion and expertise, this book allows readers support and understanding they never had when they first needed it, and it encourages the conversation to continue.

The Making of a Fatherless Daughter

The Making of a Fatherless Daughter
Author: Angela Patterson
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2018-07-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781720556398

For a female, growing up without a father or a flawed father-daughter relationship can have many negative consequences in her life as she becomes a woman. There are numerous recent studies that show the alarming effects on a woman's life who grew up with an unattached, unavailable or absent father. In this book, The Making of a Fatherless Daughter, you will read stories written by women who have experienced the hidden muted pain of fatherlessness. You will witness their struggles, pains, brokenness, betrayals and the impact that fatherlessness has had on various areas of their lives. You will also learn how the power of love, acceptance and forgiveness can heal all wounds, give hope for the future, restore relationships and create lasting change in the lives of everyone through the book's workshop section. We all have a biological father, but when our fathers are not fully present in our lives, for any reason, there begins The Making of a Fatherless Daughter.

Fatherless Women

Fatherless Women
Author: Donna Griffin
Publisher: Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1998-09-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781881524366

Fatherless Daughters

Fatherless Daughters
Author: Pamela Thomas
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2018-03-27
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1982103264

A moving, elegantly written, and exhaustively researched account of what it means for a girl to lose a father to death or divorce—with advice for fatherless daughters on how to cope. “People who lose their parents early in life are like fellow war veterans. As soon as they discover that they are talking to someone else who has lost a parent, they know they are speaking the same language without uttering a word.” Pamela Thomas gives voice to this unspoken pain in Fatherless Daughters. Still haunted by her own father’s death when she was ten, Thomas decided to explore its effects. Though her journey began as a personal one, she soon felt the need to hear from other women and ended up interviewing more than one hundred fatherless women. They ranged in age from nineteen to ninety-four; they came from all areas of the country as well as Europe and Asia; some had lost their fathers to death, others to divorce or abandonment. Each account was unique, but the impact of a father’s loss was profound in every woman’s life. Thomas begins by defining what it means to be a father in our world. She discusses the initial shock of his loss, exploring the aspects that color how a young girl experiences it: her age at the time of her father’s death or abandonment, her mother’s behavior and attitudes, her place in the family vis-à-vis siblings, and the influence of a stepfather or father-surrogates. Thomas shows how a father’s early death or abandonment affects a woman’s emotional health and self-esteem, her body image, her sexual experiences, her marriage, her family life, and her career. Perhaps most important, Thomas offers compassionate advice for coming to terms with father loss, even late in life, from actively mourning, to healing, to starting fresh.

Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl?

Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl?
Author: Jonetta Rose Barras
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-01-29
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0345434838

What happens to a little girl who grows up without a father? Can she ever feel truly loved and fully alive? Does she ever heal--or is she doomed to live a wounded, fragmented life and to pass her wounds down to her own children? Fatherlessness afflicts nearly half the households in America, and it has reached epidemic proportions in the African-American community, with especially devastating consequences for black women. In this powerful book, accomplished journalist Jonetta Rose Barras breaks the code of silence and gives voice to the experiences of America's fatherless women--starting with herself. Passionate and shockingly frank, Whatever Happened to Daddy's Little Girl? is the first book to explore the plight of America's fatherless daughters from the unique perspective of the African-American community. This brilliant volume gives all fatherless daughters the knowledge that they are not alone and the courage to overcome the hidden pain they have suffered for so long.

Fatherless Generation

Fatherless Generation
Author: John Sowers
Publisher: Zondervan
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2010
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0310328608

Drawing from culture, stories, and his own personal experience, John Sowers presents the desperate reality of fatherlessness in his generation. Fatherless Generation is a hard-hitting, descriptive look at this issue, showing how awareness, compassion, and mentoring are the keys to writing new stories of hope.

Invisible Dad

Invisible Dad
Author: Candice Ragland
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2016-03-07
Genre: Absentee fathers
ISBN: 9781937741556

Why me? As a fatherless daughter, your interpretation of society is a little different. Incomplete is what you constantly feel when you see fathers on television, in the grocery store, and on social media. And no matter how much you try to voice your feelings, you steadily are sucked into life's woes. Perfection is the perfect way for you to mentally escape. Ultimately, you never deal with the trials of your childhood, leaving you to grow into a person that lacks confidence in your emotional voice. Candice's life-changing journey will show you how to come to terms with who you truly are. Full of raw feelings, interesting twists, and a desperate plea for peace, it will help you transform your life into the best "you" you can be. This book is what you've truly been looking for. Join Candice as she takes you on her journey of coming face-to-face with being a fatherless daughter, to living an amazing life filled with healing and wholeness.

Fatherless America

Fatherless America
Author: David Blankenhorn
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1996-01-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 006092683X

A compelling and controversial exploration of absentee fathers and their impact on the nation.

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
Author: T Kira Madden
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1635571863

“The book I wish I'd had growing up.” -Chanel Miller, author of Know My Name Best Books of 2019: Esquire O, The Oprah Magazine Variety Lit Hub Book Riot Electric Literature Autostraddle Finalist: NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Lambda Literary Award New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Selection Paste Best Memoirs of the Decade Elle Best Books of the Season Washington Post Best Books of the Month Indie Next Pick Indies Introduce Pick "A fearless debut." -New York Times "[A] gorgeous reckoning." -Washington Post "Flat out breathtaking." -Lit Hub "Gripping and gloriously written." -Elle "Utterly unforgettable." -NYLON "Unnervingly satisfying." -Oprah Magazine "Deeply compassionate." -NPR.org "Truly stunning." -Cosmopolitan Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight. As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment alone. Facing a culture of assault and objectification, she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of fatherless girls. With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawai'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls is equal parts eulogy and love letter. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful. One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Nylon, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Refinery29, and many more