by Evan S. Connell (1983)
The wife of a successful lawyer in 1930s Kansas City, India Bridge, tries to cope with her dissastisfaction with an easy, though empty, life.
Roland Merullo
"Eight years after Breakfast with Buddha skeptic Otto Ringling and Mongolian monk Volya Rinpoche set off across America on another unexpected road trip of discovery--from Indian reservations and farming towns to Colorado's New Age culture and the nonspiritual streets of Las Vegas"--
Marcela Serrano
"Un grupo de mujeres, muy distintas entre sí y que nunca se han visto antes, comparten sus historias. Natasha, su terapeuta, ha decidido reunirlas en la convicción de que las heridas empiezan a sanar cuando se rompen las cadenas del silencio. No importa el origen ni la extracción social, la edad o la profesión: todas acarrean sobre sus hombros el peso del miedo, la soledad, el deseo, las inseguridades. A veces ante un pasado que no pueden dejar atrás; otras, ante un presente que no se parece a lo que habrían deseado, o un futuro que las asusta. Madres, hijas, esposas, viudas, amantes: guiadas por Natasha, las protagonistas aceptan el desafío de comprender y reinventar sus vidas."-- Page [4] of cover. Ten women, who are very different and who have never seen each other, share their life stories. Natasha, a therapist, has decided to bring them together since she is convinced that wounds begin to heal when the chains of silence are broken. Regardless of origin, social class, age or profession, all of them carry the weight of fear, loneliness, desire and insecurity.
Susan Shaffer and Linda Perlman Gordon
A fascinating look at how mothers and their adult daughters have formed a greater friendship than generations past—and whether or not their should be boundaries.No relationship is more complicated than the one between mothers and daughters—especially today, when a cultural shift can cause a longer period of time of overlapping interests before the traditional adult markers of marriage and family. As a result, these young women are developing deeper bonds with their own mothers, a relationship that sometimes mimics friendship. But are these close bonds healthy? Is it time to cut the umbilical cord?In this eye-opening book, Linda Perlman Gordon and Susan Morris Shaffer explore the modern mother-daughter relationship in all its glorious complexity. Combining a brilliant sociological analysis with fascinating stories of real-life women, Too Close for Comfort? provides a rich, provocative look at the ways mothers and daughters get it right, how they get it...
Adam Cash
The new, quick reference for understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder uses clear, highly accessible language to comprehensively guide the reader through posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related issues. This concise, informative reference provides a complete overview of the history of the field, diagnosis, treatment, research, emerging trends, and other critical information about PTSD. Examining both theory and practice, the text offers a multifaceted look at the disorder, outlining biological, cognitive, psychosocial, psychodynamic, integrated, and other relevant approaches. Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes: Vignettes and case illustrations A practical approach that emphasizes real-lif...