She lived out the perfect yuppie scenario, complete with the big suburban house, the lively social life with other affluent couples, the enviable job, the much-wanted-and-planned-for wunderkind, all the badges and trophies of American success and prosperity. Maloy moved at least a dozen times during her childhood, and when she grew up, the urge to see what lay beyond the horizon kept her on the move. The process of blending families is dicey and often disappointing. However, this down-to-earth author never glamorizes the realities involved with the kind of radical choices she has made. Settling in a new state, she creates a new state of being. PopMatters.com™ and PopMatters™ are trademarks of PopMatters Media, Inc. "[Maloy's] insistence on leading an examined life is powerful, especially in the morally difficult times we now face.". Accomplishing the family-of-origin work necessary to exorcise the ghosts of the past is painful to the max.
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