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Ambiguous Loss

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Description for Ambiguous Loss Paperback. Frozen sadness - what we have when we cannot really know what we have lost. This is what Pauline Boss illuminates, explores, and helps to ease. The loss could be a loved one still alive yet lost physically: a soldier son missing in action, or a constantly travelling spouse. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JMH; VFJ; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.

When a loved one dies we mourn our loss. We take comfort in the rituals that mark the passing, and we turn to those around us for support. But what happens when there is no closure, when a family member or a friend who may be still alive is lost to us nonetheless? How, for example, does the mother whose soldier son is missing in action, or the family of an Alzheimer’s patient who is suffering from severe dementia, deal with the uncertainty surrounding this kind of loss?

In this sensitive and lucid account, Pauline Boss explains that, all ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Weight
168g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674003811
SKU
V9780674003811
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Pauline Boss
Pauline Boss is Professor of Family Social Science at the University of Minnesota, past President of the National Council on Family Relations, and a psychotherapist in private practice.

Reviews for Ambiguous Loss
You will find yourself thinking about the issues discussed in this book long after you put it down and perhaps wishing you had extra copies for friends and family members who might benefit from knowing that their sorrows are not unique… This book’s value lies in its giving a name to a force many of us will confront—sadly, more than ... Read more

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