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Told from the perspective of mothers who've lived it, Difficult focuses on mothering challenging adult children. " This fine book will be profoundly helpful to all the women who needed it yesterday." Mary Pipher best selling author, Reviving Ophelia and Women Rowing North. " Any mother with difficult children who reads this will undoubtably no longer feel so alone. It is a book of despair and of hope - anger and love." Prof. Nancy Hooyman, Ph.D. " Professor Smith examines the many ways that mothers are profoundly affected by the struggles, sorrows, and needs of their adult chldren." Dr. Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., Psychologist and author of Rules of Estrangement: Why adult children cut ties and how to heal the conflict. Difficult brings to life the conflicts that arise for mothers who are confronted with the unexpected, burdensome, and even catastrophic dependencies of their adult children associated with mental illness,
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