Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them
Karl Pillemer, PhD — 2020
Sociologist Karl Pillemer examines family estrangement through research rather than personal anecdote alone.
Drawing on the Cornell Family Reconciliation Project, including survey data and extensive interviews with people affected by family rifts, the book explores how estrangements develop, how they affect families across generations, why some relationships are repaired, and how people can live with estrangement when reconciliation is not possible.
Why we’ve included it:
This is one of the strongest research-informed books written for a general audience. It offers a broader perspective than parent-specific self-help books and is useful for understanding the wider patterns and consequences of family estrangement.
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