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Unconditional Love audiobook
- By: Jane Isay
- Narrator: Joyce Bean
- Category: Family & Relationships, General
- Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: March 06, 2018
- Language: English
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Unconditional Love Audiobook Summary
A beautiful meditation on the joys of being a grandparent and a practical guide to help you and your adult children make the most of your relationship with a grandchild.
For many grandparents, a grandchild offers a second chance to become the parent they didn’t have the time or the energy to be when raising their own children. Being a grandparent, family relationships expert Jane Isay argues, is the opportunity to turn missed opportunities into delight.
Drawing on her personal experience, dozens of interviews, and the latest findings in psychology, Isay shows how a grandparent can use his or her unique perspective and experience to create a deep and lasting bond that will echo throughout a grandchild’s life. She explores the realities of today’s multigenerational families, identifying problems and offering solutions to enhance love, trust, and understanding between grandparents, parents, and grandchildren. She also offers a wealth of practical advice, from when to get involved, when to stay away, and how to foster a strong relationship when you’re separated by long distance.
Unconditional Love advocates for honest conversation, thinking in the long run and healing breaches in order to be together, understanding that most of us try to do our best and need to be forgiven if we fail. Isay argues that secrets and surprises may tilt the boat but won’t necessarily sink it and that grandparents and their grown children are happier when they give each other the benefit of the doubt. Most importantly, she writes, the advent of grandchildren offers families the opportunity for healing and redemption–if we seize the moment. In lovely prose and through delightful stories, Isay shows us how we can.
A great gift for grandparents-to-be and a wonderful resource for all, Unconditional Love is a beautiful and psychologically astute look at what it means to be an engaged grandparent.
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Unconditional Love Audiobook Narrator
Joyce Bean is the narrator of Unconditional Love audiobook that was written by Jane Isay
Jane Isay is the author of Secrets and Lies, Walking on Eggshells, and Mom Still Likes You Best. As a book editor for more than forty years, she discovered Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia, commissioned Patricia T. O’Conner’s bestselling Woe is I and Rachel Simmon’s Odd Girl Out, and edited such nonfiction classics as Praying for Sheetrock and Friday Night Lights. She lives in New York City. www.janeisay.com
About the Author(s) of Unconditional Love
Jane Isay is the author of Unconditional Love
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Unconditional Love Full Details
| Narrator | Joyce Bean |
| Length | 5 hours 39 minutes |
| Author | Jane Isay |
| Category | |
| Publisher | HarperAudio |
| Release date | March 06, 2018 |
| ISBN | 9780062798732 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Unconditional Love is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Family & Relationships, General
Additional info
The publisher of the Unconditional Love is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062798732.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
Goodreads Reviews
Eileen
August 01, 2018
I know you don't need a book to tell you how to be a caring grandparent but this book caught my eye in the new non fiction area of the library. (I love to browse that section as I read a fiction book then a non fiction book and the library is a great place!) The author intrerviwed grandparents and cited psychology and other relevant research as well. There are stories about the different types of grandparents and I especially liked the practical tips to develop an honest and loving relationship with the grandchildren and parents as well. Love and trust and an understanding of everyone's role shines through. Well done Jane Isay.
Linda
June 02, 2018
Unconditional Love is thought provoking for parents, grandparents, and hopeful grandparents like myself. This book deals with the conflicts of family life once grandchildren enter the picture. Unconditional Love is an excellent resource for navigating relationships and how they change.
Lynette
April 26, 2020
With the arrival of my first grandbaby, I have been searching for knowledge and advice on how I can best nurture my grandbaby and create an environment that will foster learning, security and, of course, fun. This book provided some good examples of the different types of relationships between grandparent and grandchildren and the value that each brings as well as ideas for those who don't leave near their grandchidlren but still want to be involved. The establishment of boundaries and knowing your place as a grandparent is an important reminder and the author provides lots of examples of how this can seriously damage a grandparents access to their grandchildren. I found the chapter on finances very valuable and probably a good read for every grandparent.
Susan
February 20, 2021
As a granny of three I found this book invaluable. Buy it before the first grandchild comes along.
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