Volume 17.2: Book Review: Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them (McKnight) - PDF

BOOK REVIEW
Fault Lines: Fractured Families and How to Mend Them
by Karl Pillemer
Review by Anne McKnight, EdD
”Fault Lines, written by Karl Pillemer, a sociologist and professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College, is the outcome of research interviews over a five-year period with 1600 families who experienced estrangement. In the process of his research, Dr. Pillemer became aware of the concept of cutoff, one of the eight core concepts of Bowen theory. He traveled to the Bowen Center to learn more about cutoff, interviewed faculty members, and then was invited to speak about his research at the Bowen Center’s 56th Annual Symposium.”