She's Leaving Home: Letting Go as My 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 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

160 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2002

Reviews

[Donna Ciccarelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although at times a bit too heavy on Bible references for my taste, I really enjoyed this book. The author beautifully captured so many of the conflicting feelings I have about sending my oldest daughter off to college.

[Bomdom · Rating 3 out of 5]

I appreciate that it has only 6 chapters, making it easy for me to finish it and how the author adds some essay, prayer or just any part of other literary work in this book. I appreciate it because I am currently in college but I guess, parent would relate with her work more. I love pages 133-139 for personal reasons:)

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helps you get through the "daughter leaving for college" year. Wonderful book, made me feel like I was not alone in my anguish!