When I Grow Up:
Conversations with Adults in Search of Adulthood
Overview
When do you become an adult? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward—or keep us stuck?
As we get older, we pass many milestones, but for some of us it can feel as if adulthood is always just out of reach.
Journalist and psychotherapist-in-training Moya Sarner goes on a journey into what growing up really involves, and how we do it again and again throughout our lives. She draws on case studies, as well as her training, and theories of child psychology, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and more, to explore what it means to be a “grown up” and how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of every stage of our lives.
Details
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- Paperback
- 5.3in x 8.3in
- 304 pages
- 9781957363141
- USD$20.00
- 4 October 2022
- WORLD ENGLISH
Praise
“Searching and consoling, When I Grow Up interrogates the beliefs we hold about life’s stages, and the labels we yearn for and resist. It is a generous, illuminating exploration of what it means to grow up, why we want to, and how to know when you’ve done it.”
“Incredibly insightful and helpful. Everyone could learn something from this book.”
About the Author
Moya Sarner is a psychodynamic psychotherapist and award-winning freelance journalist based in London. She has written for The Times, The Guardian, New Scientist, Stylist, and other publications. When I Grow Up is her first book.
