Viorst, Judith     <br/><br/>
Necessary losses 
Judith Viost 
 - New York   Simon & Schuster  1986 
 - 447 p.  
<br/><br/> Contents:<br/>The separate self. The high cost of separation<br/>The ultimate connection<br/>Standing alone<br/>The private "I"<br/>Lessons in love<br/>The forbidden and the impossible. When are you taking that new kid back to the hospital?<br/>Passionate triangles<br/>Anatomy and destiny<br/>Good as guilt<br/>Childhood's end<br/>Imperfect connections. Dreams and realities<br/>Convenience fiends and historical friends and crossroads and cross-generational friends and friends who come when you call at two in the morning<br/>Love and hate in the married state<br/>Saving the children<br/>Family feelings<br/>Loving, losing, leaving, letting go. Love and mourning<br/>Shifting images<br/>I grow old ... I grow old<br/>The ABC of dying<br/>Reconnections 
<br/><br/> On verso title page: The loves, illusions, dependencies, and impossible expectations that all of us have to give up in order to grow 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0671456555 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Loss (psychology) <br/>Self-actualization (psychology)<br/>Life skills<br/>Personality Development<br/>Self-improvement<br/>Self-realization
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>155.9 Vio    7