NECESSARY LOSSES: THE LOVES, ILLUSIONS, DEPENDENCIES AND IMPOSSIBLE EXPECTATIONS THAT ALL OF US HAVE TO GIVE UP IN ORDER TO GROW / Viorst, Judith

A SERIOUS AND FAR-REACHING SUBJECT OF HOW WE GROW AND CHANGE THROUGH THE LOSSES THAT ARE AN INEVITABLE AND NECESSARY PART OF LIFE. ARGUING PERSUASIVELY THAT THROUGH THE LOSS OF OUR MOTHERS' PROTECTION, THE LOSS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE EXPECTATIONS WE BRING TO RELATIONSHIPS, THE LOSS OF OUR YOUNGER SELVES, AND THE LOSS OF OUR LOVED ONES THROUGH SEPARATION AND DEATH WE GAIN DEEPER PERSPECTIVE, TRUE MATURITY, AND FULLER WISDOM ABOUT LIFE. A LIFE AFFIRMING AND LIFE CHANGING BOOK.