Altered Loves by Terri Apter

Altered Loves by Terri Apter

Are mothers jealous of their developing daughters? Is an early mother-child bond severed during adolescence and never formed again? What does adolescence feel like to a girl?
Drawing on detailed interviews with mothers and daughters from Terri Apter's research in Great Britain and America, and from recent psychological studies of family interaction, Altered Loves is a frank, moving, and insightful examination of this crucial time in a woman's life. Apter shows that contrary to the classical view of adolescence as a stage in which daughters reject their mothers, adolescent daughters often remain strongly attached to them. The strife that characterizes this period is actually the result of trying to renegotiate a valued relationship.
Beautifully written, Altered Loves explodes conventional myths and theories about mother-daughter relationships and offers new and valuable insights that will help mothers remember and daughters understand the delicate, painful, and complex process of becoming a woman.

Terri Apter is a retired Fellow of Newnham College in Cambridge, as well as a writer and psychologist. The Sister Knot and What Do You Want from Me? are two of her nine works.

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ISBN 13	9780449906316
ISBN 10	0449906310
Title	Altered Loves
Author	Terri Apter
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1991-09-17
Number of pages	288
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