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Pipher, Mary Bray.

Another country : navigating the emotional terrain of our elders / - New York : Riverhead Books, 1999. - xx, 328 p. ; 24 cm.

Prelude: Lake Louise -- Introduction -- Another country -- Xenophobia : our fears divide us -- Time zones : from a communal to an individualistic culture -- The great divide : psychology -- Traveling together : the things we carry -- Homesick for Heaven -- The weariest river -- Let a thousand old flowers bloom : resiliency -- We grow our souls together : grandparents -- Building a village -- Coda: Surullinen tango.

Scenarios to bridge the communication gap of children with their aging parents and grandparents.

ISBN: 1573221295 9781573221290 9780965870603 096587060X

LCCN: 98031877

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Aging parents--Psychology.--United States
Aging parents--Family relationships--United States.
Aging parents--Care--United States.
Adult children of aging parents--Family relationships--United States.
Loss (Psychology) in old age--United States.
Aged--Psychology.
Family Relations.
Parent-Child Relations.
Alter.
Eltern.
Erwachsenes Kind.

LC Class. No.: HQ1063.6 / .P57 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 306.874