Altered Loves: Mothers and Daughters During Adolescence
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Book Overview
Are mothers jealous of their developing daughters? Is an early mother-child bond severed during adolescence and never formed again? What does adolescence feel like to a girl? Drawing on detailed interviews with mothers and daughters from Terri Apter's research in Great Britain and America, and from recent psychological studies of family interaction, Altered Loves is a frank, moving, and insightful examination of this crucial time in a woman's life. Apter shows that contrary to the classical view of adolescence as a stage in which daughters reject their mothers, adolescent daughters often remain strongly attached to them. The strife that characterizes this period is actually the result of trying to renegotiate a valued relationship. Beautifully written, Altered Loves explodes conventional myths and theories about mother-daughter relationships and offers new and valuable insights that will help mothers remember and daughters understand the delicate, painful, and complex process of becoming a woman.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0449906310
ISBN13:9780449906316
Release Date:September 1991
Publisher:Random House Publishing Group
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.55 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 5.6" x 8.6"
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A Lifesaver
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When my daughter was a troubled Adolescent this book validated my experience like no other. She is now a happy and whole young woman with a daughter of her own. I am recommending this book to a young friend anxious about her fourteen year old daughter.
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