Walking on Eggshells: Navigating the Delicate Relationship Between Adult Children and Parents by Jane Isay

Jane Isay . Unknown Year . English

The perfect gift for both parents and their adult children—”a wonderfully wise and constructive intergenerational guide” that will keep you connected to the people you love most. “Read it and learn.”—New York Times bestselling author Judith Viorst We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children don’t call, there is a frustrated son or daughter who just wants to be treated like a grownup. Now, renowned author and editor Jane Isay delivers real-life wisdom and advice on how to stay together without falling apart. Using extensive interviews with people from ages twenty-five to seventy, Isay shows that we’re far from alone in our struggles to make this new, adult relationship work. She offers up groundbreaking insights and deeply moving stories that will inspire those in even the toughest situations. Isay’s warmth and wit shine through on every page as she charts an invaluable course through the confusing, and often painful, interactions parents and children can face. Walking on Eggshells is the much-needed road map that will keep you connected to the people you love most.

Categories: Children’s Fiction

About the Author

“My first grandchild was born two days before Doubleday made an offer on my first book, Walking on Eggshells. Now, 13 years later, I have four grandchildren, and I’ve written four books. Unconditional Love is my new one. It’s about grandchildren and their parents.” Jane Isay began her career as a book editor, specializing in psychology, first at the Yale University Press, and then for thirty years in New York publishing houses. She has worked with psychologists from Anna Freud to Alice Miller and Mary Pipher. In 2004 she began a new career as a writer of books about family: Walking on Eggshells, Mom Still Likes You Best, Secrets and Lies, and now Unconditional Love. Each book, based on dozens of interviews, attempts to understand the emotions that lie behind the ordinary tensions of family life and to help readers find strategies and that may make family life a little easier.

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