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A thoughtful and compassionate look at family estrangement. Pillemer shows that for many parents, the bond remains central and enduring, while adult children are more likely to see it as contingent.

The book leans toward reconciliation, which can feel limiting. Unexplored: if a generation comes to view parent–child ties as optional, how will that shape their own expectations as parents?

craft your own narrative - consider your story. what’s your view/ what’s your relative’s view

cornell family reconciliation project

Christopher Robin was mad at his father for “stealing” his childhood

Chapter 2: “She used a metaphor from economics. I reached the point of giving up by asking: what is the right of return on this? Sometimes you have to do an ROI (return of investments) in relationships.“