Motherhood, Absence and Transition: When Adult Children Leave Home

by Trish Green

Book Overview

The vast majority of academic texts on motherhood have focused on women's experiences of the early years of mothering, while texts covering the topic of home-leaving have tended to privilege the young person's experience. Combining lively empirical material with an illuminating social-theoretical framework, Trish Green's book addresses the much neglected area of the mother's experience of separation from her child at the time of their home-leaving...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138260312
• ISBN13: 9781138260313
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"