The Legacy of the Motherless Daughter.... Leaving Virgil Road: Legacy of the Motherless Daughter is a continuation of the author’s first book, Mother Bond. Designed as a stand-alone book that can be read on its own, Virgil Road explores mother loss after the author left her childhood home for college and discovered that losing her mother at an early age was going to impact her entire adult life. The book begins with the journey of her leaving home, and the challenges and struggles she experienced in creating a new life for herself without the assistance and guidance of a mother. It depicts how she finds the strength and courage to overcome obstacles that stand in the way of reaching her most important goal of leaving home and getting an education. She continues to address the traits of the motherless daughter as she graduates, starts a career, builds a family, and experiences the inevitable losses of life. The book also provides insights on how to heal from loss and exchange survival coping skills for more healthy ways of living. You will find her determination to be humorous, heartbreaking, and encouraging. In the final section, she explains mother loss and the impact it can have on daughters, including self-reflection exercises that can help readers understand the impact of mother loss on themselves or their partners — while finding the strengths that this profound experience has given them.