LEADER 02902oam 2200661 a 450 001 9910963851003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9798400607042 010 $a9786612420474 010 $a9781282420472 010 $a128242047X 010 $a9780313346019 010 $a0313346011 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400607042 035 $a(CKB)1000000000765685 035 $a(EBL)492229 035 $a(OCoLC)609857917 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000097550 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140201 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000097550 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10113780 035 $a(PQKB)11369981 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL492229 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10323623 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL242047 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400607042BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC492229 035 $a(Perlego)4168611 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000765685 100 $a20240214e20082024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAdult children of divorce $econfused love seekers /$fGeraldine K. Piorkowski 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWestport, Conn. :$cPraeger Publishers,$d2008. 210 2$aLondon :$cBloomsbury Publishing (UK),$d2024 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780313346002 311 08$a0313346003 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe fragility of love -- Which love is love? -- Love's poor choices -- The fears and risks of love -- Too few cultural alternatives to love -- Role models of romantic love in popular culture -- Love by arrangement -- Love marriages around the world -- Lost in the land of married love. 330 $aRomantic love is often an elusive, fragile, and tenuous state, difficult to maintain across time. The rates of divorce, re-divorce, relationship violence, and abuse today attest to the face we are failing at romantic love. And for teen-aged and adult children of divorce, romantic love can be especially elusive. Because they have no roadmap for a satisfying, stable romatic relationship derived from their own parents, they are confused by what love is and tend to make poor partner choices. Borrowing heavily from popular culture for unrealistic standards regarding love, they become disillusioned 606 $aAdult children of divorced parents$xFamily relationships 606 $aAdult children of divorced parents$xPsychology 615 0$aAdult children of divorced parents$xFamily relationships. 615 0$aAdult children of divorced parents$xPsychology. 676 $a155.9/24 700 $aPiorkowski$b Geraldine K$01806563 801 0$bDLC 801 1$bDLC 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963851003321 996 $aAdult children of divorce$94355808 997 $aUNINA