Short Synopsis
Walking on Eggshells is the much-needed road map that will keep you connected to the people you love most.

Full Synopsis
We raise our children to be independent and lead fulfilling lives, but when they finally do, staying close becomes more complicated than ever. And for every bewildered mother who wonders why her children don't call, there is a frustrated son or daughter who just wants to be treated like a grownup. Now, renowned editor Jane Isay delivers the perfect gift to both parents and their adult children—real-life wisdom and advice on how to stay together without falling apart.

Using extensive interviews with people from ages twenty-five to seventy, Isay shows that we're far from alone in our struggles to make this new, adult relationship work. She offers up groundbreaking insights and deeply moving stories that will inspire those in even the toughest situations. Isay's warmth and wit shines through as she charts an invaluable course through the confusing, and often painful, interactions parents and children can face. Walking on Eggshells is the much-needed road map that will keep you connected to the people you love most.

"The stories are heartwarming, and Isay recounts them with intelligence and compassion." ---Publishers Weekly Starred Review

"Jane Isay gives us a hope chest of hard-earned wisdom and aha moments, and a mirror in which we can safely examine ourselves and our families." ---Rachel Simmons, author of Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls

“From her own loving heart and from richly revealing interviews with parents and adult children, Jane Isay has fashioned a wonderfully wise and constructive intergenerational guide. Read it and learn!” ---Judith Viorst, author of I'm Too Young to Be Seventy and Other Delusions

“A gently told, achingly honest book about the search for love and acceptance that aging parents and their adult children bring to each other and the tragic misunderstandings that get in their way and break their hearts.” ---Judith S. Wallerstein, Ph.D., author of What About the Kids? Raising Children Before, During, and After Divorce

Publishers Weekly Review