243 reviews for:

What to Do When I'm Gone: A Mother's Wisdom to Her Daughter

Hallie Bateman, Suzy Hopkins

4.17 AVERAGE

karajanereads's review against another edition

4.0

reflective medium-paced

oliviastorm13's review against another edition

4.0

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this was great but also made me acutely aware of the fact that i won't know what to do when my mom dies

sanjana1510's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny sad fast-paced

natsreadlibrary's review against another edition

4.0

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Beautiful 

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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I wish it were from a Christian perspective. Otherwise I really enjoyed this quick read of recipes and self-care and motherly love and advice 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content

mzsarahd's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective

vale012573's review against another edition

4.0

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I started it sobbing and I ended it bawling
I knew it was going to get to me and it was so beautiful

kiersno's review against another edition

5.0

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I'm not crying, you're crying

haklh's review against another edition

5.0

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Suzy Hopkins is one very cool Elder - warm, funny and wise. If only we all have mums like her.
Her advice to her daughter about what to do if/when she dies - is so full of love. What moved me particularly are the later passages - which shows that her care for her daughter extends for decades, even when her daughter herself becomes old; and tinged with a hint of regret that she could not be there to witness her daughter growing older.

I don't love Hallie Bateman's art but it does add a particular punch to know that she is the daughter of the author.

everythingiswords's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced