Stranded on the Shores of Time: The Consequences of Civilization and the Disappearance of Love

They walked together upon the shore. He looked to her and called her name amid the roar of the waves. Could she accept the vulnerability that came with opening her heart to him? Could she allow feelings long suppressed by the demands of living in a world in which authentic intimacy had no place to guide her? What has happened to love? Where does it figure in the technology-based global economy that orders our lives? What has happened to that most splendid of feelings? Stranded on the Shores of Time takes us on a journey through time to answer these questions.

Lena K. Ericksen was born in Stockholm, Sweden. She earned her PhD in developmental psychology at the University of California, Davis. Stranded on the Shores of Time addresses the contrasts and the conflicts between our ancient evolved behavioral characteristics and the new behaviors that came with the rise of civilization.