Too close for comfort

Name: Too close for comfort
Author: Susan Shaffer and Linda Perlman Gordon
ISBN: 9780425229606

by Susan Shaffer and Linda Perlman Gordon (2009)

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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...

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraModern Era

Protagonist / CoreToo close for comfort Lead Character

Themes & Moods

Self-Help & Mind Family & Relationships Nonfiction Mothers and daughters Adult children Family relationships Modern Era

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