11.   Elian already lost his mother.

12.   Elian lost his mother after the boat on which they were fleeing Cuba for Miami capsized.

13.   Edelman began this book by soliciting input from women who had lost their mothers, and was astonished at the many calls and letters she received.

14.   Few of those interviewed mentioned that two people had been killed or that two young children had lost their mother.

15.   First, she lost her mother to breast cancer.

16.   Four years ago, George Castillo, a longtime friend and neighbor, lost his mother.

17.   Gilbert lost his mother, his father, two brothers and a sister.

18.   Harriet and her colt both lost their mothers in a terrible accident.

19.   He has suffered the trauma of losing his mother, who drowned while attempting to flee Cuba last November by boat.

20.   He knows that he is being dropped off at an institution and that he may soon lose the mother who has loved and protected him.