Home Truths: The Facts and Fictions of Family Life
Lucy Blake, PhD — 2023
UK family researcher Lucy Blake examines some of the assumptions we make about family life, including ideas about unconditional love, closeness, obligation and what a “normal” family relationship is supposed to look like.
The book is broader than parent–adult child estrangement alone, but Blake’s academic work includes family estrangement and the book draws on research and interviews to explore how real family relationships can differ sharply from cultural expectations.
Why we’ve included it:
This is useful background reading rather than a guide specifically for estranged parents. It may help place estrangement within a wider understanding of how family relationships change, why expectations can differ between generations, and why family ties do not always develop in the ways people expect.
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