Memories of siblings in childhood, through into adulthood, dominate much of our mental landscape. And yet, curiously, they have in a sense eluded specific study. It may be that they are so much part of the texture of our lives that they become almost invisible, always there but taken for granted.
This book is more than welcome. In a straightforward and methodical way, it encourages us to consider in some detail recent psychological research (within the last 20 years) into the effects of various family circumstances - such as parental mental illness, sexual abuse and loss - on the quality of sibling relationships. The picture that emerges is of considerable complexity. The differences that abound in different family contexts, at different ages and at different points in life and between genders, make for difficulties in drawing clear conclusions.
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