The orphaned adult : understanding and coping with grief and change after the death of our parents
(Audiobook CD)

Title from web page.

Compact discs.

Read by Jeff Steitzer.

Losing parents as an adult is in the natural order of things, a rite of passage into true adulthood. But whether it is a sudden loss or after a prolonged illness, and whether close to or estranged from them, this passage proves inevitably more difficult than anyone thought it would be. This much-needed and knowledgeable discussion of this adult phenomenon validates the wide array of disorienting emotions that can accompany the death of a parent by sharing both the author's heart-felt experience of loss and the moving stories of countless adults who have shared their losses with him. From the recognition of one's own mortality and sudden child-like sorrow to a sometimes-subtle change in identity or shift of roles in the surviving family, Alexander Levy guides listeners through the storm of change this passage brings and anchors them with compassionate and reassuring wisdom.