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When I Grow Up

Conversations with Adults in Search of Adulthood
Moya Sarner

‘Thoughtful … a painfully honest exploration of what it means to be an adult.’

James McConnachie, The Sunday Times

“Forgoing the societal markers of adulthood, Moya and those she interviews or interacts with, discuss the ways in which they define adulthood for themselves. An interesting process that feels more real than hitting societal markers of adulthood achievement. Overall, this book was a slap in the face of realism and introspection, and I invite you to get slapped in the face by this book too.”

Carrie Wilson

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‘Searching and consoling, When I Grow Up interrogates the beliefs we hold about life’s stages, and the labels we yearn for and resist. It is a generous, illuminating exploration of what it means to grow up, why we want to, and how to know when you’ve done it.’

Nell Stevens, author of Bleaker House

When do you become an adult? What does it mean to grow up? And what are the experiences that propel us forward—or keep us stuck?

As we get older, we pass many milestones, but for some of us it can feel as if adulthood is always just out of reach.

Journalist and psychotherapist-in-training Moya Sarner goes on a journey into what growing up really involves, and how we do it again and again throughout our lives. She draws on case studies, as well as her training, and theories of child psychology, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and more, to explore what it means to be a “grown up” and how we can meet the challenges and opportunities of every stage of our lives.

‘Thoughtful … a painfully honest exploration of what it means to be an adult.’

James McConnachie, The Sunday Times

“Forgoing the societal markers of adulthood, Moya and those she interviews or interacts with, discuss the ways in which they define adulthood for themselves. An interesting process that feels more real than hitting societal markers of adulthood achievement. Overall, this book was a slap in the face of realism and introspection, and I invite you to get slapped in the face by this book too.”

Carrie Wilson

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Format:Paperback

Size: 8.3in × 5.3in

Extent:304pp

ISBN (13):9781957363141

RRP:$20.00

Pub date:3 Oct 2022

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Adulthood & Aging SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / General

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Moya Sarner

Moya Sarner is a psychodynamic psychotherapist and award-winning freelance journalist based in London. She has written for The Times, The Guardian, New Scientist, Stylist, and other publications. When I Grow Up is her first book.

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