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Book Cover for: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have, Judith Viorst

Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of Us Have

Judith Viorst

"This perceptive book should absorb and enrich anyone who admits to being human."
Benjamin Spock, M.D.
Essayist Judith Viorst, who has humorously eased our journey to middle age, now turns her considerable talents to a more serious and far-reaching subject: 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 persepctive, true maturity, and fuller wisdom about life, Judith Viorst has wirtten a life-affirming and life-changing book.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Publish Date: Jan 5th, 1998
  • Pages: 448
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.41in - 5.50in - 1.07in - 0.90lb
  • EAN: 9780684844954
  • Categories: Death, Grief, BereavementMotivational & Inspirational

About the Author

Viorst, Judith: - Judith Viorst is the author of the beloved Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, which has sold some four million copies; the Lulu books, including Lulu and the Brontosaurus; the New York Times bestseller Necessary Losses; four musicals; and poetry for children and adults. Her most recent books of poetry include What Are You Glad About? What Are You Mad About? and Nearing Ninety. She lives in Washington, DC.

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Praise for this book

Benjamin Spock, M.D. This perceptive book should absorb and enrich anyone who admits to being human.