In her bestselling book Losses & Gains, Lya Luft draws on her own experiences of loss & gain in marriage & family to address the universal themes of childhood, love & maturity. She portrays love as the common thread through all phases of life. As children, the unconditional love we receive from our parents determines our expectations for all the other forms of love we experience later. & as adults, she argues, the complex task of loving another depends, initially, on self-love & self-esteem.
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