Relationships and Attachment Patterns in the Selective Novels of Anne Tyler and Karen Kingsbury

Name of Author : Dr. Mrs. D Regis Prabhaharan/ Jeba Regis P J

Abstract: With the advancement of technological breakthroughs, the possibility of saving memories after physical death, has drawn the attention of the public, and questions on the after-life have become a daunting phenomenon. While these questions remain, life itself has become areas for advanced studies, an as researchers observe, studies of personal relationships have progressed from an emphasis of what people do to what people think and feel (Hinde xix). The US Department of Health and Human Services has stated that in regard to child related queries and information, almost 74 percent of children born in single parent homes suffer from emotional neglect and 165 percent of children born to these household experience physical neglect. Considering the enormous damage caused to children in aspects of physical, emotional and psychological well-being, this dissertation is directed towards enhancing perspectives on family life.

Keywords : Relationships, Patterns, Anne Tyler, Karen Kingsbury

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