This important qualitative study illuminates lifelong single women′s contributions to family development in relation to their widowed peers. Allen examines the social and historical contexts of the women′s childhoods, their experiences as young adults and the processes leading to their being single or married. Midlife variations in family caregiving experiences and the meaning of being single in old age are also discussed.
- ISBN10 080392805X
- ISBN13 9780803928053
- Publish Date 30 August 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 February 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint SAGE Publications Inc
- Format Paperback
- Pages 152
- Language English