Finding Your Parents, Finding Your Self
The Defining Turning Point of Adult Life
by Victoria Secunda
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"Losing a parent is an event that happens, sooner or later, to nearly everyone. Yet seldom has the impact of parental death on the identities of adult offspring been examined. This book fills that gap. Backed by her original study and filled with compelling case histories, Secunda's book explores what happens to men and women when they are on their own in ways they have never been before. She addresses myriad issues, including:
What does it mean to be living without parents to please or rebel against?
How does adult "orphanhood" alter relationships with one's siblings, partner, friends, children, or one's career choices?
How does it reshape one's sense of self?
Losing Your Parents, Finding Your Self offers the assurance that out of loss can come unforeseen gain--that on the other side of sorrow, we can discover new hope, wisdom, and strength."
Here's a few of the highlights in the book that I've found helpful:
Part 1 Changing of the Guard
Shift in the rel with the remaining parent
Legacies and (divided) Loyalties
Part 2 Consequences of Parental Loss
Siblings and Only Children
Realigning within the family system
Effects on Romantic relationships
Career reappraisal
Friendships
Self