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Altered Loves : Mothers and Daughters During Adolescence

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Are mothers jealous of their developing daughters? Is an early mother-child bond severed during adolescence and never formed again? What does adolescence feel like to a girl? Drawing on detailed interviews with mothers and daughters from Terri Apter's research in Great Britain and America, and from recent psychological studies of family interaction, Altered Loves is a frank, moving, and insightful examination of this crucial time in a woman's life. Apter shows that contrary to the classical view of adolescence as a stage in which daughters reject their mothers, adolescent daughters often remain strongly attached to them. The strife that characterizes this period is actually the result of trying to renegotiate a valued relationship. Beautifully written, Altered Loves explodes conventional myths and theories about mother-daughter relationships and offers new and valuable insights that will help mothers remember and daughters understand the delicate, painful, and complex process of becoming a woman.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780449906316
  • ISBN-10: 0449906310
  • Publisher: Ballantine Books
  • Publish Date: September 1991
  • Dimensions: 8.56 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.84 pounds
  • Page Count: 288

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