Hope Edelman has helped hundreds of women who have lost their mothers from death or abandonment through her extremely well-written, researched, and heartfelt publications and lectures. Hope includes her own experience of losing her mother to cancer when she was 17.  http://www.hopeedelman.com   

Motherless Mothers Offering support and information for women who lost mothers during childhood, adolescence or adulthood. This is another of Hope Edelman's sites. She authored "Motherless Daughters" and "Motherless Mothers". I am quoted and in her resource list in the latter. http://motherlessmothers.org   

More to come.