Judith Viorst who's bestsellers "It's Hard to be Hip over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life" and "How Did I get to be Forty and Other Atrocities" have humorously eased out journey to middle age, now tyrns her considerable talent to more serious and far-reaching subject: how we grow and change through the losses that are an inevitable and necessary part of life. Arguing, persuasively that through the loss of our mothers' protection, the loss of the impossible expectations we bring to relationships, the loss of our younger selves, and the loss of our loved ones through separetion and death we gain deeper perspective, true maturity, and fuller wisdom about life, Judith Viorst has written a life-affirming and life-changing book.