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Personal experience, great literature liberally quoted here, and study of psychoanalytic theory are combined in this far-ranging, somewhat rambling book by Redbook columnist Viorst to demonstrate that growing and aging involve a succession of conscious and unconscious losses, including the loss of youth. Citing examples, and starting with the loss of the mother-child connection, she indicates that only by learning to relinquish people, places, situations and emotions that concern us at stages of life from childhood to old age can we develop a positive identity and self-image. We must realize, she argues, that these losses are a necessary part of life and growth. A strong sense of self will help us remain positive in the face of the many physical and psychological losses of old age and to accept life's final loss that is death. Losing, Viorst concludes, is the price we pay for living.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Viorst, poet and Redbook contributor, is also a research graduate of the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, and has worked in psychiatric settings. Her topic is loss because everyone must cope with it throughout life: childhood ends, we recognize that our expectations are unrealistic, friends and family members die, ultimately we die. Viorst offers a competent journalistic treatment of the subject, drawing upon psychoanalytic theory, interviews, and literature, and includes notes and a bibliography. Most of what she says has been said elsewhere, especially in books on mid-life crisis. Popular collections will want to have this because Viorst is known, but readers who expect a profound or truly personal approach to the topic may be disappointed. Margaret Allen, M.L.S., West Lebanon, N.H.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Been around for years--likely to stay that way,
This review is from: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of us Have (Paperback)
Many years ago, someone gave me this book as a pre-break-up present. At the time, I thought it was quite a kick in the teeth and didn't read it, relegating it to the back of the bookshelf. But several years later I got it out and started skimming. Three and a half hours later I had pretty much devoured the majority of the book and was starting back at the beginning, to further glean what I needed. This is a fantastic guide to letting go. Would also recommend another great book I just came across titled "The Children's Corner" by Jackson McCrae. It's a collection of stories, each one dealing with loss of some type--physical, emotional, spiritual, etc. Great stories. But whatever you do, please, please, please read the Vorst book first--we've all had to deal with loss, now we have someone to guide us.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very inspiring!,
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This review is from: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of us Have (Paperback)
This book allows us to understand that letting go of some things is part of a maturation process in life. Though many people commonly feel like letting go is like giving up and being a loser, we also know that the most important lessons in life are learned from our losses. This author sheds some light on the important difference between these two things by providing us with interesting examples from her experiences. I think this book is excellent for people who are at the brink of letting go of something important to them. It gives them an extra bit of inspiration to let go and move on with their lives. For people who are not near this stage, this book may not make much sense simply because they are not yet emotionally ready for the next step. Another book that is excellent in explaining the emotional process of letting go and how that relates to personal development is "The Ever-Transcending Spirit" by Toru Sato. It explains these seemingly complex things in such a simple way that it is absolutely stunning!
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Buy this book,
By Bert F. Lamb (Huntington, WV USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of us Have (Paperback)
Unless you're totally against anything that has freudian concepts in it, then buy this book.
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