Nobody's Daughter: A Memoir of Healing the Mother Wound

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Should Rica invite her mother to her wedding

In her early early forties and about to remarry, Rica Ramos realizes that starting over could mean leaving her mother behind. She longs to heal the relationship, but her mother still refuses to acknowledge the sexual abuse Rica suffered at the hands of her stepfather, or her own culpability throughout the years. With old traumas resurfacing and a new life unfolding before her, Rica grasps the power of unspoken griefand the potential to suffer or heal. Will she and her mother ever cross the chasm between them, or are some secrets meant to stay buried

As Rica navigates her options, she faces two ultimate choices: submit to a culture that shames daughters for not honoring their mothers, or muster the courage to go her own way. Offering a bold and lucid look at mother-daughter relationships, Nobody's Daughter underscores every womans right to truth and validation.

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The vivid process by which she emerges from this reflective journey to a new position of power is very highly recommended . . .
Midwest Book Review

Nobody's Daughter is a lucid recollection of a childhood no one would have chosen. Ramoss courage as a sexual abuse survivor has an inspiration of its own. Her yearning for her mothers love is heartbreakingly raw. In a fiercely candid voice, Ramos has crafted a tale that resonates with the universal truth that our past doesnt define us; it refines us.
Allison Hong Merrill, author of Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops

Nobody's Daughter is masterfully written! With insight, love, forgiveness, and an evolved understanding, Rica Ramos dives deep into the complexities of mother-daughter relationships as they are woven through real-life ups and downs and the traumas that so many of us must overcome. A compelling read I could not put down. This book will benefit every woman.
Linda Lee Blakemore, speaker, advocate, and author of Entrenched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go and Kids Helping Kids Break the Silence of Sexual Abuse

Author Bio

Rica Ramos is a senior staff writer for a lifestyle magazine in Florida. Her first-person essays are published in Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, Motherwell, Literary Mama, The Sunlight Press, Elephant Journal, and Ellipsis Zine, and all around the internet. When she's not writing, Rica spends her time consuming large quantities of jalapeos, doing yoga and running, reading books, buying books, binge-watching HGTV, and spoiling her dog. She is the author of Petals of Rain: A Mother's Memoir. She lives in Ocala, FL.