"Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self: The Defining Turning Point of

Victoria Secunda

ISBN 10: 075677232X / ISBN 13: 9780756772321

Published by Hyperion, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: "Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self: The Defining Turning Point of
• Publisher: Hyperion
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075677232X
• ISBN 13: 9780756772321
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

When we lose a parent in our adulthood, we are expected to take it in stride, relatively unchanged by the experience. But to lose one's parents in adulthood is to find oneself at a crossroads that has a profound effect on one's life, relationships, & choices. Indeed, it is the defining turning point of adult life after which nothing is ever the same. This book examines what happens to grown men & women when they are on their own in ways they have never been before, such as: How are one's attachments to others altered by the experience? How does one's behavior & decision-making change? How does the loss of a parent affect feelings among siblings? What does it mean to be existentially ''alone'' -- at the top of the generational ladder?

About the Author

Victoria Secunda is an award-winning author, journalist, and lecturer. Her previous books include When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends and When Madness Comes Home. Her writing has appeared in such publications as Glamour, Women's Day, and Harper's Bazaar. She lives with her husband, photographer Shel Secunda, in Ridgefield, Connecticut.