She's Leaving Home: Letting Go as Daughter Goes to College

by Connie Jones

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740723464
• ISBN13: 9780740723469
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

the perfect book for me. . .

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!

Must read for Moms with daughters

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.

Great book for parents with kids going off to college

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..............

Loved it

This book should be considered required reading for any parents sending kids off to college. Funny and poignant, it articulately deals with the difficulty of reconciling the pain of loss with the pride of sending your child off into the world. The love that Ms. Jones has for her children shines through like a beacon, reassuring us that even though giving your kids up to the growing pains of burgeoning adulthood feels almost impossible, wiht patience and communication relationships can become even stronger. I highly recommend it for parents--or kids--who want to understand each other a little better.

This book helped me feel normal

After leaving my 18 year old daughter at a college 9 hours away from home this fall, I didn't anticipate how hard it would be. I was excited for her to have this experience in a great college town. I was unprepared for how I would feel like I had lost a body part, how I had to keep reminding myself that she didn't die, she's just away at college. This book verbalized many of my exact feelings about this experience. It was very helpful to me and made me feel better. The daughter in the book reminded me of my own vegetarian, jewelry wearing, intelligent, independent daughter. I recommend this book to other parents going through this life passage.