A guide to understanding and coping with grief and all of the disorienting emotions that accompany the death of our parents
Losing our parents when we ourselves are adults is in the natural order of things, a rite of passage into true adulthood. But whether we lose them suddenly or after a prolonged illness, and whether we were close to or estranged from them, this passage proves inevitably more difficult than we thought it would be. From the recognition of our own mortality and sudden child-like sorrow to a sometimes-subtle change in identity or shift of roles in the surviving family,The Orphaned Adultguides readers through the storm of change this passage brings and anchors them with its compassionate and reassuring wisdom.
Alexander Levyis a psychologist in private practice. His book The Orphaned Adult has become an essential resource for those who have lost their parents. He lives in Pennsylvania.
I have never been more moved than by reading this extraordinarily personal, inspirational, and helpful book....Levy makes the old new and roots the new in the timeless. A gem to be treasured, a truly life-affirming accomplishment.
Rabbi Earl Grollmanm, D.H.L., D.D., author ofLiving When a Loved One Has Died
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