Too Close for Comfort?: Questioning the Intimacy of Today's New Mother-Daughter Relationship

by Linda Perlman Gordon, Susan Morris Shaffer, Susan Shaffer

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0425229602
• ISBN13: 9780425229606
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Incredible

This is the book I have been looking for. My relationship with my teenage daughter has gone through it's good and it's bad and this book helps me understand the bad a lot better. I especially appreciated the stories of other mothers and daughters and the experiences they share.

LOVE THIS BOOK!!

As the mother of a grown daughter, I found this book incredibly well written and illulminating on this most important subject. I really learned so much from the book and would highly recommend it. It is a great book on the subject and I really learned a great deal from it.

I bought one for all my friends with daughters

I love this book. It helped me communicate what I have struggled to discuss with my 28 year old daughter for some time. While we have a basically good relationship, I have so much guilt when I say no to her and she doesn't make it any easier. When I look at her face and see how disappointed she is with me, I get angry. Sometimes I feel so unappreciated- I read the book and then gave it to her. She read the book and we were able to both express ourselves and learn how to be close but not too close. I no longer hold the same frustration and resentments. We have a much cleaner relationship.