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Once a Mother , always a Mother. On Life with Adult Children

Annette Byford

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Becoming a mother is not just a question of learning how to bring up a child- it brings a profound change of identity. The same happens years later, when children grow up and leave home and the mother’s job is, supposedly, “done”. Yet this phase of motherhood rarely gets attention.
In this moving and thought provoking book the author of A Wedding in the Family, Annette Byford continues her examination of how mothers experience family transitions and how it impacts their sense of who they are. The book focuses on the practical and emotional challenges and tasks of being a mother of adult children, from the experience of the empty nest through being a mother-in-law, grandmother and negotiating growing old.
The author uses interview material, case studies and short stories and draws on her own experience, as a mother, a grandmother and as a psychotherapist, to explore how mothers navigate the twists and turns of this journey.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 168 pages

Publication:: 2022

Publisher:: Freeassociationbooks

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1911383698

ISBN13:: 9781911383697

kindle Asin:: B0B6D1DYF4

Once a Mother , always a Mother. On Life with Adult Children

Annette Byford

4.50/5 (14 ratings)

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Becoming a mother is not just a question of learning how to bring up a child- it brings a profound change of identity. The same happens years later, when children grow up and leave home and the mother’s job is, supposedly, “done”. Yet this phase of motherhood rarely gets attention.
In this moving and thought provoking book the author of A Wedding in the Family, Annette Byford continues her examination of how mothers experience family transitions and how it impacts their sense of who they are. The book focuses on the practical and emotional challenges and tasks of being a mother of adult children, from the experience of the empty nest through being a mother-in-law, grandmother and negotiating growing old.
The author uses interview material, case studies and short stories and draws on her own experience, as a mother, a grandmother and as a psychotherapist, to explore how mothers navigate the twists and turns of this journey.

Format:: Paperback

Pages:: 168 pages

Publication:: 2022

Publisher:: Freeassociationbooks

Edition:

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 1911383698

ISBN13:: 9781911383697

kindle Asin:: B0B6D1DYF4

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