| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 302 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Proof of love / Karen Stabiner -- Flown away, left behind / Anna Quindlen -- Regime change / Charles McGrath -- Careful what you wish for / Susan Crandell -- Always close / Annette Duffy -- The rules of the road / Vicky Mann -- The last Summer / Hillary Mills -- My cart / Harvey Molotch -- Time traveler / Marian Sandmaier -- The science of ghost hunting / Fabiola Santiago -- Who knows where the time goes / Fran Visco -- Migrations / Ellen Levine -- Without a net / Jon Carroll -- 3GRLMOM / Martha Schuur -- The dog waiting by the door / Andrea L. Chambers -- In twos / Grace Saltzstein -- A rotten enough parent / Douglas Foster -- Epiphanies of the empty nest / Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- A mile ain't what it used to be / Brenda C. Roberts -- Leaving the island / Martha Tod Dudman -- Good-bye to the sunset man / Lee Smith -- The shuffle / Jan Constantine -- Legacies / Roger Wilkins -- Keeping him safe / Rochelle Reed -- The shoes on the stairs / Jamie Wolf -- Afterwards / Roxana Robinson -- Conversations / Kit Rachlis -- Trading a business suit for blue jeans / Glynna Freeman -- The godfather / Harry Shearer -- Juggling lite / Ellen Goodman -- The old blue house and the new blue house / Susan Shreve. |
| Summary |
Features a collection of essays about a parent's rite of passage that ensues when children leave the home, and features contributions by thirty-one popular writers, including Anna Quindlen, Susan Shreve, and Roger Wilkins. |
| Subject |
Empty nesters.
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Parent and child.
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| Added Author |
Stabiner, Karen.
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| ISBN |
1401302572 |
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9781401302573 |
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