Fault Lines

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Family estrangement is a painful, hidden epidemic affecting over 65 million Americans, with devastating effects across generations. Despite its prevalence, little guidance exists for coping or reconciliation. In *Fault Lines*, Dr. Karl Pillemer offers the first comprehensive, research-backed guide to mending fractured families.

Drawing on his ten-year groundbreaking Cornell Reconciliation Project—including the first national survey on estrangement and hundreds of in-depth interviews—Pillemer combines dramatic personal stories with powerful social science insights. This unique resource provides clear, practical steps to understand how rifts begin, address past hurts, and build a path toward reconciliation, assuring readers that healing is possible.