 HIGHLY RECOMMEND! I saw the title of this book and laughed out loud. As a 62-year-old mom who had her children in her late 30’s, my own nest-emptying process is still a work in progress, but it has caused me a lot of heartache – nay, anxiety!
I really enjoyed Separation Anxiety – the book, not the feeling… ;) It’s about a mom whose career as a writer has stalled, whose marriage is teetering, whose teenage son has started freezing her out and whose best friend is dying. By accident, she tries wearing her dog in her son’s baby sling, and then she finds she can’t stop. Her first children’s book did spectacularly well, but not so the next two, and now, ironically, she writes pieces for a self-help website. Her husband’s career as a musician never took off, so he turned to pot and has a job stocking high-end snacks. Their initial chemistry has been subsumed into her caretaking, so they are separated but don’t have enough money to live separately. Her son has just crashed into adolescence and pushes her away at every opportunity, growing moodier and more silent with each passing day. She’s exhausted and lonely, and the dog in the sling is her only comfort. Slowly, though, she climbs out of the hole, and the story is about accepting ourselves and the onslaught of life with as much grace and compassion as we can muster. Buy it on Amazon by clicking here. #Separation Anxiety #LauraZigman
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