Separation Anxiety Book Review. Tapping into the insecurities and anxieties that most of us keep under wraps, and with a voice that is at once gleefully irreverent and genuinely touching, laura zigman has crafted a new classic for anyone taking fumbling steps toward. Now, her sister, geena, sixteen and pregnant, has shown up at wichita's chicago.
Now, her sister, geena, sixteen and pregnant, has shown up at wichita's chicago. Tapping into the insecurities and anxieties that most of us keep under wraps, and with a voice that is at once gleefully irreverent and genuinely touching, laura zigman has crafted a new classic for anyone taking fumbling steps toward. Perhaps the most admirable aspect of separation anxiety is the way zigman subtly choreographs the novel’s apparently random goofiness.
The book explores precursors and triggers to both childhood and adult separation anxiety disorder, comorbidity with other disorders and conditions, and characteristics of populations and individuals with separation anxiety.
Separation anxiety is a brave, wryly funny, thoroughly engaging memoir. Click here to see the rest of this review. “for years, i’ve secretly loved the anonymity, the invisibility,” she admits, “the freedom to move around without the annoyance of comments, of worrying about what i look like and what it means.” Perhaps the most admirable aspect of separation anxiety is the way zigman subtly choreographs the novel’s apparently random goofiness.