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She'S Leaving Home Letting Go As Daughter Goes To College | 
 enlarge | Author: Connie Jones
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 353948
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0740723464
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.8743092
EAN: 9780740723469
ASIN: 0740723464
Publication Date: March 1, 2002
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Product Description
Each year, more than 1.5 million American families see their children off to their first year in college. It's a momentous day in the lives of high school graduates and their parents, and during this transitional time, parents' emotions include everything from anxiety to hope, guilt to pride, fear to relief.In She's Leaving Home, author Connie Jones chronicles two years in her own life, from the days when her daughter, Cary, fielded bids from more than a hundred colleges to her first year as a student at Smith College in Massachusetts. A story of spiritual journey and growth, the intimate, journal-like essays perfectly capture one mother's love and letting go of a daughter as she transforms into an adult.She's Leaving Home is a personal memoir that parents will relate to in the same way readers responded to Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Book has a strong religious perspective November 21, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
If you are not a Christian, just be aware that the book is very oriented to a Christian foundation. I am not making a judgment about that, simply highlighting the fact. Each chapter starts with a prayer to Jesus Christ. In none of the reviews I read was this mentioned. As someone of another faith, I was very taken aback when I received the book. It did not feel appropriate to my values and faith perspective and wish that this information had been clearly indicated before I purchased the book.
 Great Seller! August 25, 2006
Item arrived in condition as described.
Delivered on time.
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 Must read for Moms with daughters August 21, 2006
This is an amazing book which manages to capture and put into words the whole swirl of emotions that have been coursing through our house- and me! I have told all my friends with daughters that this is a must read! I was uplifted and comforted while reading and knew that we too would survive and celebrate our daughter's new life.
the perfect book for me. . . August 21, 2006
WOW!!! Even though I didn't discover this book until just weeks before my daughter left for college, it was wonderful to find that all our emotions normal. I felt as though I was reading my own story and wish I, too, had kept a journal. Fortunately, Connie Jones did precisely that for me! I think it's a must read, even if you are sending a son away because it's an emotional roller coaster no matter what your child's gender if you have a closre relationship. I have recommened this book to our high school guidance department and am going to share it with friends whose children are high school seniors this year! Thanks Connie Jones!!!! I will reread it before my son's senior year!
Great book for parents with kids going off to college November 1, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Connie Jones captures the feelings and emotions of all parents with kids going off to college. My wife and I found it amazingly similar to our own experience with our daughter that left for college 2 months ago. The book helped us to understand that most of what we are feeling is normal and shared by all parents. She also brings a great perspective of the bigger picture that all parents face in the journey from birth to college to death with our children. We really loved the book and recommend it to all parents with college age kids. Just a great book..............
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