Author(s): Terri P. Smith

Families

'Grey divorceees' are remarrying in record numbers, as are their widowed and single counterparts, a trend that is shaking up their grown-children, and sending shock waves through extended families everywhere. The issues that come up when parents and their adult children clash over remarriage pack an emotional as well as financial wallop. Conflicts arise over: family rituals, inheritances and wills, trust funds and prized possessions, living arrangements, care giving and illness. Author Terri P. Smith has interviewed dozens of families torn apart when the parents remarried. As an adult child who struggled to accept her parent's marriage herself, she brings a personal empathy and compassion to her subject.